You're not connected to the Internet. Please check your connection.

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

"because I'm going to be flipping hoecakes"
Top Chef
"and taking them directly to plate,"
Top Chef
"which was not the plan."
Top Chef
"[humming]"
Top Chef
"I was a chubby little kid,"
Top Chef
"and I had this nickname ever since then."
Top Chef
"You are trying crab rice with oyster gravy."
Top Chef
"KWAME: Wow. Look at this."
Top Chef
"-DAWN: This is beautiful. -PADMA: It is beautiful."
Top Chef
"Three Proseccos, please, thank you."
Top Chef
"We ordered the same thing."
Top Chef
"Oh. [chuckling]"
Top Chef
"It's such a beautiful day. Great to visit this church."
Top Chef
"What was it like yesterday?"
Top Chef
"It was so moving and informative."
Top Chef
"You know, because I live here in Houston,"
Top Chef
"but I did not know all of the stories"
Top Chef
"that were here in Freedmen's Town."
Top Chef
"Really honored to even be here."
Top Chef
"Hopefully they'll knock it out of the park."
Top Chef
"All right. Let's go try some food."
Top Chef
"Let's do it."
Top Chef
"Dawn, you want to come with us?"
Top Chef
"-Yeah. Let's go. -PADMA: All right."
Top Chef
"-WOMAN: Your mom's recipe? -JAE: Yeah, my mom's recipe."
Top Chef
"-Thank you so much. -My pleasure."
Top Chef
"-Hi, Nick. -What's going on?"
Top Chef
"-Good to see you, Gail. -How are you?"
Top Chef
"I'm feeling good about this challenge."
Top Chef
"I get to connect with the community."
Top Chef
"So, today I brought my grandmother here."
Top Chef
"This is my nana, which her name is Queen."
Top Chef
"-Love that. -Yeah."
Top Chef
"NICK: She's always made salmon cakes in a cast iron skillet."
Top Chef
"And she always served it with, like, a mayonnaise-based sauce."
Top Chef
"I picked sauce remoulade today."
Top Chef
"She served it with a salad, too."
Top Chef
"So, today I'm making a Hoppin' John salad."
Top Chef
"It's so beautiful that you're carrying on"
Top Chef
"the legacy of your grandmother."
Top Chef
"-Yes. -Can definitely taste it."
Top Chef
"Appreciate you."
Top Chef
"I don't know about you, but I feel like I'm tasting"
Top Chef
"the rebirth of Freedmen's Town."
Top Chef
"I'm loving it."
Top Chef
"I really appreciated the brightness"
Top Chef
"in the acidity in that Hoppin' John sort of salsa."
Top Chef
"And how innovative is that to take a traditional dish"
Top Chef
"like Hoppin' John and use it as a condiment?"
Top Chef
"Seasoning was spot on, it had acid,"
Top Chef
"it had just a little kick at the end. Yeah."
Top Chef
"I just want another one. You know?"
Top Chef
"[all laughing]"
Top Chef
"[soft music]"
Top Chef
"-Hello. -Hi, Jae, how you doing?"
Top Chef
"I have Mama Kim's flaked codfish"
Top Chef
"with a Korean sweet potato puree and shrimp bisque."
Top Chef
"PADMA: Does she still make this dish?"
Top Chef
"She came to visit me when I used to live in New Orleans,"
Top Chef
"and she knew that I missed the dish so much."
Top Chef
"And after 20 hours' flight, she made the dish for me."
Top Chef
"-PADMA: That is love. -Yeah."
Top Chef
"-Thank you so much. -JAE: Thank you."
Top Chef
"Very interesting dish."
Top Chef
"DAWN: I thought it was great."
Top Chef
"The capital of South Korea is Seoul"
Top Chef
"and so she's-- she's got it."
Top Chef
"She's got it. The fish was perfectly cooked,"
Top Chef
"beautifully flaked. All those fermented flavors,"
Top Chef
"it's hard to go wrong."
Top Chef
"That kimchi salad on top with the pomegranate."
Top Chef
"-Really, really good. -I love that."
Top Chef
"It was delicious."
Top Chef
"That's one of those things, you eat it and you go,"
Top Chef
""Where have you been all my life?""
Top Chef
"I think maybe doing something"
Top Chef
"from her childhood kind of unleashed"
Top Chef
"a confidence in her that I hope we continue to see."
Top Chef
"And it smells fantastic. Can't wait to try it."
Top Chef
"-KWAME: Evelyn. -Hello, judges."
Top Chef
"So-- so yesterday we were in here walking the streets,"
Top Chef
"touching the bricks."
Top Chef
"It was so inspiring."
Top Chef
"Preservation of our history,"
Top Chef
"our culture--"
Top Chef
"that's what I was trying to translate into this dish."
Top Chef
"My grandma taught me how to make sopes,"
Top Chef
"which is like corn masa cake."
Top Chef
"And then my mom taught me how to make chorizo."
Top Chef
"So, what I made is a beet sope."
Top Chef
"NYESHA: Beautiful."
Top Chef
"EVELYN: And then on top we have pureed black beans,"
Top Chef
"my mom's chorizo recipe,"
Top Chef
"salsa verde, charred pineapple pico"
Top Chef
"and then a little bit of queso fresco."
Top Chef
"I am so impressed by the use of a vegetable in a sope."
Top Chef
"That's, like, totally a progressive thing to do."
Top Chef
"My mom does that. She adds, like, spinach or beets,"
Top Chef
"and I was like, "Mom, we're still eating carbs, right?""
Top Chef
"But thank you."
Top Chef
"-It's the illusion of health. -That extra nutrition."
Top Chef
"-NYESHA: Yeah. Exactly. -It was well worth it."
Top Chef
"Thank you, guys."
Top Chef
"I don't know, that might be my favorite."
Top Chef
"I don't know."
Top Chef
"Two words: beets. Sope."
Top Chef
"Two words I love."
Top Chef
"That maybe a top for me today."
Top Chef
"I can taste the comfort in that dish."
Top Chef
"She clearly took her roots, took this memory, this comfort food,"
Top Chef
"and just worked a little bit of chef magic in there."
Top Chef
"-TOM: Hello, Mayor. -Hey, Tom."
Top Chef
"-Hi, councilwoman, how are you? -Nice to see y'all."
Top Chef
"Thank you so much for being here and supporting."
Top Chef
"Oh, our pleasure. We've had a great time."
Top Chef
"I'm just excited to be working"
Top Chef
"with the Freedmen's Town Conservancy"
Top Chef
"to make sure that we hold on to it,"
Top Chef
"we restore it, and we breath life into it."
Top Chef
"-Absolutely. -Thank you. Pleasure."
Top Chef
Show more clips