Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

ASHLEIGH: Buddha, how does your curry taste?
not only because I get to pull inspiration within my own roots,
BUDDHA: Come on, Luke.
so I definitely wanted to feature it.
Yes.
Check it out, let's have a little taste of this is it.
is a lot of pressure.
Thank you, guys.
I never got to tell him,
-DAWN: This is beautiful. -PADMA: It is beautiful.
That eggplant lent such a nice,
and I think everybody should, you know?
At this point of my career,
and it just packs a punch.
Six minutes!
It felt compartmentalized.
[dramatic music]
EVELYN: Black.
There were a couple less successful dishes.
I'm making chorizo the way she taught me how to make it.
Oh, cod looks like a cod. Thank you.
I wanted more and more.
[Jae exclaiming]
Together with his community,
When you think about Juneteenth,
The winning chef today is...
A nod to the Low Country.
and she put them together and maybe didn't need to.
Being in this competition,
on the bottom.
Take from that it was so good they wanted more.
for meatloaf in the style of a frikadelle,
Such a good woman, too. Makes you almost want
TOM: Definitely has Low Country flavor.
Good job.
-Five for the judges. -Love the hat.
The real star of the dish, though, was the beans.
It's time to draw knives.
So, I have a broccoli steak
which is a Moroccan-style sauce
It was missing that depth that everything had individually.
Juneteenth, has its roots right here in Texas.
[tense music]
of the last immunity of this season.
[singing]
In June of 1865,
-Orange. -Black.
is a perfect marriage of storytelling.
This might be, I would say, sh-- show.
But after I burn a few more,
I've never tried to make everything
It made it maybe difficult to cut into from time
-Thank you. -It was perfect collard greens.
♪♪♪
PADMA: Previously on Top Chef.
-Finally. -LUKE: Yeah, really.
and then I have a little pepper vinegar to drizzle over the top.
Body and soul.
and he talks about how, when he met my mom,
[tense music]
BUDDHA: What does soul food mean to you?
My grandma taught me how to make sopes,
in the last 13 years,
it's so personal.
That dish, I remember eating it and being a little confused,
That's, like, totally a progressive thing to do.
Damarr. You had immunity today.
This is going to be a hard decision.
-Hello. -Hi, Jae, how you doing?
and the flavor gets a little confused.
That is Grandma Nana.
she made this "boggy-style rice," he calls it.
How do you earn a living? Earn a living, right?
So, Grandma taught me how to do the sopes
And it smells fantastic. Can't wait to try it.
We had a glorious day today
Things that remind you of your family.
What do you think of the food?
What I was looking for was not matched in that plate.
of the last immunity of this season.
-Yeah. -And then you sear both sides,
I'm just shocked.
with some butter, garlic and thyme.
to appreciate and understand
Once you can do so, it's a beautiful thing.
Like, people have been hitting it out of the park.
-[laughter] -No, no, no!
so I'm super grateful.
-Oh, my gosh. -Delicious.
someone had to go, so I'm leaving with my head held high.
it's just cooking from the heart.
and then a little bit of queso fresco.
I am so impressed by the use of a vegetable in a sope.
Soy bean paste is really important to Korean culture.
This is Jack Yates' son's house. This was a printing house.