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Clips from Top Chef - Swallow the Competition (S19E19)

"They were first discovered actually right here in Texas,"
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"and it's actually one of the largest"
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"flying animals of all time."
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"Jackson, Luke and Jae, you have the Velociraptor."
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"Velociraptors originate from China"
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"and their bite is as ferocious as a spotted hyena."
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"Each team is responsible"
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"for making a three-course progressive meal"
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"featuring dishes inspired by these jaw-dropping dinosaurs."
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"Today, each team will have fifteen minutes to menu plan."
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"Tomorrow, you'll have two hours to cook"
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"and serve at Houston's Museum of Natural Science."
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"To sweeten the pot, the winning team will get"
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"a VIP trip to attend the world premiere of the film."
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"-Wow. -[indistinct]."
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"I can't wait to see how you bring these dinosaurs to life."
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"See you tomorrow, chefs."
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"We should try to focus on one subset of cuisine"
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"so that we don't confuse the [indistinct]."
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"-You're spot on. -I mean, I'm staying in"
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"the Southern area, you know what I mean?"
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"I'm happy to go Southern."
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"Nick is extraordinarily"
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"well versed in Southern cuisine"
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"and Evelyn lives here in Houston so she understands it."
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"EVELYN: Homage to Texas."
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"So, I got the Velociraptor so I'm going last."
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"I think a lot of people are going to go meat"
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"for the third course, so we'll stand out"
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"just by going desert, the one thing I want to do"
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"is make some sort of sauce that's red and bloody because"
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"Velociraptor specifically is very vicious, right?"
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"-I like that. -NICK: Yeah."
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"EVELYN: I was thinking a pork loin."
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"JACKSON: Probably do a bird, though,"
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"right, because it's air-based?"
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"I know, well, the air I wanted to do a sweet potato"
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"on the acai and, like, make it--"
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"-JACKSON: So it's airy. -Yeah."
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"I mean, so I have a sea dinosaur,"
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"so I'm thinking oysters and caviar."
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"I have land, Velociraptor, very aggressive"
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"in its nature, also from Mongolia."
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"I wrote a play off of broccoli and beef,"
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"so I'll have the short rib and then on the side"
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"I'll have the onions that I'll kind of fan up"
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"so it'll look like scales and then claws."
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"I'm just, like, thinking of, like, a list right now,"
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"because I'm still a little unsure of what I'm making."
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"I'm going to use a whole alligator."
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"The Mosasaurus is a reptile, so I decide to get alligator."
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"I was sort of thinking of doing, like, a quail."
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"The thing is-- is that it eats literally everything."
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"It's so open-ended."
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"My idea for this dish is to take a quail,"
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"which is obviously an air animal,"
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"and stuff it with a conglomeration"
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"of a lot of different ingredients."
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"Greens, nuts, some vegetables."
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"-What are you thinking? -To be honest,"
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"I'm just a little lost."
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"It says that it's eating habits..."
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"It says small mammals."
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"I'm having a very hard time"
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"to get a concept or any ideas."
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"I'm freaking out more as time goes by"
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"because I have to have a grocery list,"
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"I'm about to go to the Whole Foods"
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"and I do not know what I'm making."
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"I think it's sort of like an inspiration challenge."
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"I don't think you have to be, like, super, super literal."
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"Uh-huh. Agreed."
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"Because I've got immunity, that means if Jo and Jae"
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"want to avoid being in a fifty-fifty elimination,"
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"they'd want to try and put out their best dishes."
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"It makes you cook under pressure."
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"♪♪♪"
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"I'm starting to get a sense of inspiration"
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"based on ingredients that I'm seeing."
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"Hey, chicken wings."
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"I'll just get three pounds of wings, then."
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"Reading about the Quetzalcoatlus,"
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"it's got these massive wings that it uses"
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"to soar through the air at high speeds,"
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"so I'm going to do a chicken wing."
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"Because I'm so creative."
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"Okay, I need twelve oysters."
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"Looking over the seasonings, I just got the panko."
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"I plan on making a crab croquette"
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"with a red pepper puree."
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"Once the Mosasaurus opens its mouth,"
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"there's nothing but that red flesh"
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"with those back-sided teeth."
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"I'm going to try to do everything"
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"in bite-size form so you could just,"
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"pretty much don't need a knife or fork to eat it."
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"Five minutes!"
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"I would like to get the lamb."
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"So, I'm doing lamb two ways."
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"This is a very aggressive dinosaur"
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"and I wanted to go heavy with the meat."
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"Oh, my God. I am really nervous."
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"Buddha has an immunity."
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"If we are at the bottom"
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"either me or Jo are going home."
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"♪♪♪"
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"I mean, I just don't want to be in the bottom."
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"I mean, like, there's no margins."
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"There's no margins, there's a team on the bottom"
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"there's a team on the-- yeah, and one in the middle."
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"That's it. And I have a guy with immunity."
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"[groans]"
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"♪♪♪"
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"-Whoa. -Aw, man."
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"Oh, my gosh."
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"JACKSON: That looks like me when I wake up."
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"[laughing]"
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"♪♪♪"
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"It's about that time."
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"Sugar, eggs, some more sweet potatoes over here."
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