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Clips from Top Chef - Freedmen's Town (S19E19)

"and its importance in the community."
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"I can't wait to taste what you'll make."
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"-Good luck. See you guys later. -Bye, Padma."
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"KWAME: Let's go. Let's do it."
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"[rousing music]"
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"DAWN: I'm so excited to be here."
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"KWME: How you doing?"
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"-ZION: I am doing fabulous. -Great dress."
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"Welcome. Thank you. Welcome."
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"It's so beautiful."
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"KWAME: These are the Top Chefs."
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"Great bunch we have here."
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"You guys look ready for anything."
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"Yes."
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"We're here at Bethel Baptist Church."
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"It's Houston's first heritage district."
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"So, you are in a sacred and very special place."
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"Let's go inside."
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"Welcome to this bright, beautiful space."
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"If you're wondering why there's no roof on the church,"
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"it's because what you see here today"
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"is what was able to be preserved in the early 2000s."
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"As you're thinking about, how are you going to communicate"
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"food that feeds your soul,"
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"think about these people"
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"who built this church and founded this community"
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"were enslaved just a few decades beforehand."
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"I'm very excited for this challenge,"
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"not only because I get to pull inspiration within my own roots,"
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"but also to showcase this part of history"
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"and this part of the city that not a lot of people know."
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"When you think about Juneteenth,"
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"you think about that moment of emancipation."
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"What happens next? You don't own anything."
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"You have no education."
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"How do you earn a living? Earn a living, right?"
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"They cleared this area and they developed homes,"
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"businesses, churches in Freedmen's Town."
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"And anyone who asked, "Where should I go?"
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""I want to be free. I want to be safe,""
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"people would tell you, "Go to Freedmen's Town.""
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"This is a beautiful representation"
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"of what my people are able to do here,"
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"taking food or land or space that people didn't want,"
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"then creating something beautiful out of it"
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"through their own hard work and their own creativity."
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"ZION: Houston Freedmen's Town Conservancy will be preserving"
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"and protecting these bricks"
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"and restoring them for our children's children"
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"to appreciate and understand"
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"that something incredible happened here."
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"It's so powerful standing on these bricks"
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"in Freedmen's town."
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"Just this sense of Black people that were finally free"
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"coming together to build this very special thing,"
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"it's really incredible."
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"It drives me creatively."
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"This is Jack Yates' son's house. This was a printing house."
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"So, when we talk about how important news and media"
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"and who tells what story is,"
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"this was the place where Black people"
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"were telling their own story."
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"The power of restoring and making sure"
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"that you remember what happened in the past"
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"and the history is very important."
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"I'm really excited about cooking for such a great cause."
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"Check it out, let's have a little taste of this is it."
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"That's soul food,"
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"we pile it on for you."
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"[laughter]"
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"JAE: I am excited."
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"Man, I haven't had candied yams in a minute."
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"-Thank you so much. -You're welcome."
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"When I think of soul food,"
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"it's just cooking from the heart."
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"-It's hitting, huh? -Oh, yeah."
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"You have to throw me outta here."
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"I think I'm going to do my Nana's salmon cast iron cake."
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"When it was time to put something on the table"
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"that was full of love and laughter"
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"and just brought everybody together,"
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"it was my Nana's salmon cake."
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"Did they schedule a nap after this, too?"
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"[laughter]"
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"Every time I go back to Australia,"
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"my grandmother will make us curry."
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"The last time I went to go see her,"
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"she showed me how to make it."
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"I've never made a dish like this on Top Chef before."
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"I've never even cooked rice on Top Chef."
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"-When I have that, I'm home. -Yeah."
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"Being in this competition,"
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"there's so many different variations of yourself"
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"that you have to put out there."
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"Just because I do all this cool stuff"
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"doesn't mean that I don't know"
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"how to cook something very humble."
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"My initial idea right now is like the fish"
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"with, like, a shrimp bisque."
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"Koreans eat fish for breakfast, lunch and dinner."
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"That is why I fell in love with New Orleans."
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"It's all about the seafood."
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"So, to make a dish from my background, my cultures,"
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"it's so personal."
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"That's how I like to cook."
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"[indistinct, excited chatter]"
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"JAE: Ginger."
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"NICK: Luke, what you got on your mind?"
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"Man I'm making mom's meatloaf, man."
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"NICK: That's what's up."
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"I'm going to make my mom's recipe"
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"for meatloaf in the style of a frikadelle,"
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"which is a Danish-style meatball."
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"Every time that I came back from Copenhagen,"
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"it was the first meal that we would have."
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"There's a lot of feeling behind it, you know."
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"I just hope I can also do it justice."
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"Thank you very much."
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"Ashleigh, how you feeling about this challenge?"
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"I don't know how I'm supposed to feel."
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