Cooking Challenge vs My Family

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Nick DiGiovanni 12 min 1 speaker 7 chapters transcribed

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What is the cooking challenge about?

Host 0:00

Today, I'm challenging my three younger brothers to a cooking challenge. The challenge will be made up of three rounds, appetizer, entree, and dessert. But I will have a free pass to the dessert round, leaving my three brothers to fight to see who's worthy to face off against me.

What are the appetizer round ingredients?

Host 0:12

And if one of them is lucky enough to beat me, I will follow the winner around for an entire day and be their personal private chef. Oh, let's go. We'll start with round one, the appetizer round. Gentlemen, open your baskets. For the appetizer round, the baskets contain chewed toro tuna, watermelon, dill, and molasses. You've got 20 minutes on the clock. Your time starts now. For the appetizer round, I'm going to make some kebab type thing. I'm really hoping I can face off against Nick today and go against him in the finals so he can be my private chef for a day. He's the oldest and I'm the youngest, so I'd love to maybe get back at him after all these years. You're going to have to get through us first, buddy.

Host 0:49

I'm going to be making a tuna tartare, and I'm gonna mix that in with a little bit of watermelon cubes as well. I'm actually not loving these ones, so I'm gonna take a couple of these ones.

What dishes are being prepared in the appetizer round?

Host 0:58

And I will be making some tacos. I will be making a tuna watermelon poke bowl. So I'm going to scrape out all the watermelon from the inside, get a little rice, add the tuna, and see if I can add anything else that will elevate my dish. I fractured my wrist. Does it put me at a disadvantage? Yeah. Will I use it as an excuse? No, unless I lose. So I've never used molasses before, but it feels like something that you would put in a sauce. So I'm adding it to the yogurt, and we're going to try and make a bit of a sauce with some yogurt, dill, and molasses. I think what I'm gonna do is make an aioli with a little molasses and soy. I'm hoping I can get some of the oaky flavor without too much of the sweet. And then I'll mix that in with a little mayo. 10 minutes left, guys. 10 minutes left. Ah, . Just because I have it here and I don't know how to use it, I might incorporate this into my sauce.

Host 1:41

I'm only gonna do a little bit here because I don't want to overpower it. So now I'm going to cut up my tuna. I'm gonna just take off the end here to really make it nice and sharp. And then I'm gonna use one of my nice watermelon cubes as a reference so that they're all the same size. Into my tuna, I go with a little bit of soy, then hit it with some sesame. I think I'm gonna wait to add the watermelon, however, because I don't want the flavors of the soy corrupting the sweet flavors of that watermelon too soon. You guys have five minutes left. Five minutes left and you're done. Five minutes is not a lot of time, but luckily these only need to hit the pan for about 10 seconds each side. Time for some Pam. Oh, let's listen for a sizzle.

Host 2:15

I'm pressing it down to make sure it gets cooked evenly, but unfortunately, unlike Nick, I don't have my heat-proof hands yet. Gonna go for my second flip. That's hot. Two minutes left. Get the food on the plates. So I know Nick loves ramen, so I'm gonna crush it up and then I'm gonna sprinkle it on top when I'm done. My knife skills are hurting a little bit because of this whole brace thing, but I'm doing my best I can to dice this tuna pretty finely. There's only a few seconds left, so I'm gonna sprinkle over some dill. I have a nice mix of watermelon and tuna. Come in with the spring onions. Five, four, three, two, one. Hands up, hands up. Looking good, guys. Looking good. Good work, boys. Oh, guys. I forgot to put the sauce on.

Host 2:53

What? Is that molasses and dill? Yep.

Who are the judges for the appetizer round?

Host 2:56

That's two of your ingredients. Guys, congratulations. The dishes look fantastic. And honestly, I'm surprised you pulled it together in that short amount of time. With that said, I've got a surprise judge for the first round. Mom and dad will be judging this round. Our first dish here is this tuna and watermelon skewer dish. Which one would be the tuna and which would be the watermelon?