The Chef Show

Thanks for having us at Goop Headquarters.

Thanks for having me. I mean, thanks for coming.

Oh, you're welcome. I cooked a Cubano here.

And with Gwyneth.

-Oh, yeah? A Gubano? -A Gubano.

-She cooked one too. It was wonderful. -It was amazing.

So, what's happening, guys?

Wanna tell her what we're making? It's a special recipe for you.

Just for you.

It's a pepper pot.

This is your namesake in the Marvel universe.

Okay, what is happening in the pepper pot?

A pepper pot, obviously from the Caribbean.

Real simple, you know, a very homey stew.

We're making it vegetarian 'cause we're at Goop.

Thank you. Thanks.

We're making it very healthy, but packed with a lot, a lot of flavor.

The most important thing is to have spice.

And what makes it a pepper pot? Is it the Scotch bonnet?

Is the spice?

-It's the Scotch bonnet. - Right.

The Scotch bonnet is really what makes it the pepper pot.

All right. So, what are we gonna do?

We're gonna need some minced Scotch bonnet habaneros.

-If you want-- -She's very good, by the way, Roy.

You could pick some more thyme if you'd like--

I get relegated to the thyme job.

This soup is made like any other soup,

where you start with the aromatics.

We have onions, green onions,

garlic,

thyme,

Scotch bonnets

and we put all the aromatics in like that.

And I-- Oh, jeez, it's hot, just breathing it.

Smells delicious, though, right?

-Really? -Yeah. I got...

I got verklempt.

Look at that.

Part of the reason we do this is,

I used to cook with Roy all the time when he was training me.

Yeah?

Then the movie came out and it all ended.

-It's like being dumped. -It really was.

It was, like, "When are we cooking again?"

Ooh. That smells good.

Have you seen Gwyneth's cooking stuff on Goop?

I think I was-- I've been following Goop since the very, very beginning.

-Thanks, Roy. -Not as early as I was.

I was following Goop since it was a blog on video village on Iron Man.

-That's true. -Oh, wow.

And by the way, it's about the same time that Gwyneth brought the Kogi truck

to the set of Iron Man.

And that's the first time I had your food, before we ever met.

And back then seeing a Kogi truck was like spotting a unicorn.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

Thank God for me. You'd still be eating, like, grilled cheese.

That was one of the biggest milestones of Kogi's career,

because we're all comic book geeks at Kogi.

- Oh, yeah? -And so, when we--

Our first big event was doing Iron Man.

We were losing our shit.

Well, now you're cooking a pepper pot for Pepper Potts.

You cannot get more comic-book nerdy than what we're doing right now.

-It's meta. -It's very meta.

I'm adding kale and broccoli here.

Spinach.

-So you see we have all the aromatics on. - Yeah.

-All that smell was seasoned. -Oh, my God.

That smells so good.

Is this-- Now, does this pass the Goop sniff test so far

with the ingredients you're seeing, Gwyneth?

-Yeah. -'Cause we're trying to be very cognizant.

Usually there's a big hunk of either tripe or beef in there.

-Oh, really? - Yeah.

This is very exciting.

It's just a real simple recipe for--

It's sort of like a stewed meat.

We feel like there's so many incredible recipes

on the internet and books,

that have fabulous traditional meats and cheese and dairy.

So, you know, we just try to give an alternative.

We're gonna add the stock.

How do you keep this from browning?

-Should we be soaking this? -We're gonna salt it.

-She's gonna salt it. -Oh.

Thank you.

The next thing you guys could do is zest these citruses,

which I found back here.

I didn't know if they were real or not, and they are, so...

-You thought they were wax? -Yeah.

What is this TV show for?

-We don't know. -Nobody knows.

We don't really know. It's like we-- I started just filming.

We were actually doing it when we were filming Spider-Man.

That was the first time, we just brought a film crew with us down to Atlanta.

-And we cooked at the Optimist-- -Spider-Man?

Yeah, we were in Spider-Man together. Remember we were on Spider-Man?

-We weren't in Spider-Man. - Yes, we-- Yes, we were.

Homecoming.

-You were in Spider-Man. - No.

-Yeah. -I was in Avengers--

No, you were in Spider-Man also.

-What? -It's become--

Remember, Spider-Man at the end, and--

Tom Holland's there and you're gonna walk out and do a press conference?

-Oh, yes. -I give you the ring?

-That was Spider-Man. - That was Spider-Man?

-Oh, my God! -

Salt.

Jon, while she's doing that,

what you could do is pick these flowers into beautiful garnishes.

- Yeah. - And there's more right behind you.

- Oh, okay. - This soup's gonna be ready soon.

-So, how-- Like that? -Wow, that smells awesome.

-Yeah. -Okay.

Some of the green will work as well.

So, like, what Popeye would bring to Olive Oyl on a date.

Remember that from Popeye, he would like walk over,

pick the flowers from her front yard and give 'em to her?

Yeah. That bouquet--

-It's a Popeye bouquet right here. - That was very romantic.

-It's better than nothing. -Do you like flowers, Gwyneth?

I do.

What's the thing that you like the most to receive as a gift?

I love flowers.

Um...

I used to bring burritos to rap shows.

And then out of all the things...

Like, we would like-- Everyone would love it.

-It would be in every one of my pockets-- -Kogi in your pocket?

-Yeah. -That's genius.

You're like Harpo Marx.

Yes.

Yeah, we're gonna add the sweet potato and the eggplant.

Salt and pepper.

-He's not afraid of salt. -No, not at all. It's taking a lot.

So, now you're gonna cook the eggplant in this purée and vegetable broth.

Almost like a chowder now. The sweet potato and eggplant

will be like croutons.

-Knaidlach. -Yes.

Do we have serving bowls?

All I have to do is say a Yiddish word and it makes-- It makes her laugh.

You needn't ever know the definition,

'cause it always fits. It's like a--

-Onomatopoeia. It sounds what it does. -It does sound like it, right?

-Like schmutz sounds like what it is. -Always sounds like--

But, knaidlach actually means--

Knaidlach is matzah balls,

knaidlach is funnier.

How long does it take for the eggplant--

It's gonna take about 15, 20 minutes.

So, you want it to get what consistency?

-And you let it boil that high? - Uh-huh.

So, why you sometimes boil and sometimes just simmer?

No, this is gonna now go to a simmer.

I just bring it up to give it a lot of action.

And then now it's gonna simmer

and get, you know, the sweet potatoes and everything all really tender.

You want it to be soft, but not mushy.

So, like gnocchi?

Kind of, yeah. That's a good example.

That's boiling. You've asbestos tongue. How are you eating that?

That's the whole thing. That's why I look like I didn't know what I was doing--

Every time you--

There's so many takes in Chef that are blown 'cause my fingers-- Ow!

'Cause the real chefs, they're like-- They reach into the oven,

picking chips off the boiling oil...

- That's crazy. - Yeah, I know, it's crazy.

A pepper pot. Was that your idea?

It was his. And then...

the vegetable version kinda came together after.

-So rad. -He got Goopified.

He got Goopified. He got Gooped.

Some garnish right there.

Look at those beautiful cilantro flowers.

Beautiful job.

-A little more Scotch bonnet. - Oh. None of that's in there yet.

- There is a little bit. - Gonna blow your socks off.

Gotta stir it well.

You don't wanna get the one spoon with it.

All right. There you go. Pepper pot.

What do you think?

Oh, that's great. Oh, it's-- It's got some kick to it!

Wow!

-That's what makes a pepper pot. -That's what makes it a pepper pot.

-Put some hair on your chest! -Yeah.

Gives you that Caribbean feel.

- It's good, right? It's spicy. - Boy, you're incredible.

-It's spicy. It's very-- -Even for you?

It grows on you for sure.

I like the--

-Wow. Those are strong. -That's how it's supposed to be.

This is great, Roy.

So what've you got? You prepped some stuff.

Um. No, no, we're gonna prep it together.

What are we doing?

Today we're gonna make roast mojo pork.

So let's start taking the tops off these, please.

You start mixing all the stuff together.