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Clips from Top Chef - Texas Trailblaze-hers (S19E19)

"I'm kind of, in a sense, going to focus in on"
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"the Native side of it."
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"♪♪♪"
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"JO: What do you have for gold shrimp right now?"
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"DAMARR: Looking for tomatillos and I'm very excited"
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"that I see them."
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"Selena, she was all about family and I think that pozole is like"
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"a very family-oriented dish."
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"-JAE: Hi, welcome back! -ASHLEIGH: We both have Babe."
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"JAE: Yeah. What are you making?"
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"ASHLEIGH: I'm going to do a candied pork dish."
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"ASHLEIGH: Ooh, nice."
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"BUDDHA: Twenty minutes, chefs."
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"You know what? I'll take two"
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"of these guys and all of those."
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"MONIQUE: There are some shucked."
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"LUKE: There's shucked ones? Okay, that works for me."
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"MONIQUE: I'm gonna make, like, a bean dish"
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"that basically uses a lot of ingredients"
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"from that neighborhood she grew up in."
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"And then I'm gonna do fried oysters on top."
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"LUKE: Awesome."
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"With the barbecue challenge,"
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"I felt like I didn't have a vision."
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"For this challenge, the story needs to be there."
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"Thank you."
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"Barbara Jordan fought for her community even"
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"after she made it big."
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"So, I looked back to her roots in her hometown"
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"and why she came back."
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"Jackson, what are you thinking?"
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"I'm gonna do something with a lot of heart and guts."
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"Barbara Jordan actually ran to be"
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"in the House of Representatives three times."
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"To really go for it three times"
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"I think is incredibly gutsy of her."
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"And that's just kind of the only thing that keeps running"
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"through my head: "Heart and guts, heart and guts.""
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"So, why not use offal in my dish?"
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"I'm just going to pull back, focus on this one ragu."
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"JO: I bought one of everything. Don't worry."
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"-BUDDHA: Opa! -LUKE: Boom!"
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"MONIQUE: What are you at, what are you at?"
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"$299.20, wow!"
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"JAE: Thank you."
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"♪♪♪"
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"[contestants cheering]"
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"ASHLEIGH: All right!"
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"[contestants] She back! She back!"
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"JAE: Welcome back, Ashleigh!"
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"MONIQUE: She is risen!"
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"Man, all these powerful women,"
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"it's, like, so uplifting."
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"I check a lot of boxes."
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"Black, woman, queer. Have been in many kitchens"
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"where I have been the only woman"
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"and, you know, I want people to be able to walk"
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"into my kitchen and find place there."
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"This one is really inspiring. You know?"
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"-Absolutely. -'Cause I'm sure everyone here"
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"has, like, a female mentor in some way."
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"I used to live in New Orleans and I worked"
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"at Chef Leah Chase's restaurant for five months."
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"I was very glad that I had that experience early on"
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"my expe-- you know, career and she became"
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"my mentor and everything."
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"ASHLEIGH: I had no idea you worked with Chef Leah."
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"-Yeah. -ASHLEIGH: She's, like, my idol."
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"I mean, shout outs to the five of you, right?"
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"Like, it's really a pleasure being around this space."
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"♪ Top Chef, Top Chef, tell me what's next ♪"
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"♪ Maybe quarter million dollars with my name on the check ♪"
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"♪ I'm here for the crown, ain't no sense in gettin' down ♪"
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"♪ Biscuits, crumble, watch me fumble ♪"
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"♪ I see the day o' dawn ♪ ♪ Pass the baton ♪"
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"♪ Last Chance Kitchen got another chance, I went in ♪"
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"♪ Y'all best believe I'm gonna put my all in it, aye! ♪"
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"[upbeat rock music]"
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"Chilies, they ain't playin'. Ah!"
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"It seems like you know pretty much everything about Selena."
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"She had such a bold personality."
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"Like, just the way she carried herself, the way she tried"
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"to push boundaries for the Latino community."
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"So, those are the things that are really inspiring my dish."
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"If Selena can tap down and help me out on this dish,"
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"it would be amazing."
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"What do you think is the biggest challenge"
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"to execute your dish today?"
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"Tying in the story,"
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"but also getting these tortillas right."
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"NICK: Hey, Jo, how you feeling?"
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"JO: I got my corn grated for my polenta."
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"-How you looking? -Looking pretty good."
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"Mines is gonna be mostly veggie focused."
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"Ann Richards struggled a lot with cancer so she tried"
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"to change over her life and start eating clean."
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"Right now I'm working on potatoes"
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"that has the shape of mushrooms."
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"This is just an old school method that's dedicated to her."
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"I'm making potato encrusted red snapper, beet risotto,"
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"kale romesco and potato mushroom."
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"I got a lot of knife work to do."
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"-[Jo laughs] -What's your protein?"
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"Gold shrimp. Since we're celebrating Texas women,"
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"I thought I'd celebrate things that we do best here."
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"According to her chef at the governor's mansion,"
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"she really enjoyed Thai influence in her food."
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"Oh, wow, awesome."
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"Gumbo time."
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"I want to fry some okras just to give a little texture"
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"to the gumbo."
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"Babe is a true fighter"
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"and that reminded me of Chef Leah Chase."
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"It just means so much to me and I get really"
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"emotional when I make gumbo."
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"I didn't really get to cook"
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"with my grandmother, but being in the kitchen"
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"with Chef Leah Chase in New Orleans completed"
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"my childhood because I felt like I'm cooking"
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"with my grandmother."
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