MasterChef Australia (2009–…): Season 14, Episode 32 - Episode #14.32 - full transcript
Andy opens the mystery box to reveal a mini storm cloud as lightning flashes around the kitchen. Contestants must create a dish for a rainy day, with a fast track to the immunity challenge at stake.
ANNOUNCER: Previously
on MasterChef Australia...
(ALL EXCLAIM)
..They cooked up a storm, making
comfort food for a rainy day.
ALVIN: It's a bit like
a hug from Mum.
They all put their home
and their hearts on a plate.
ALDO: That's what food is.
It's love.
But Tommy's dish was the standout.
You're going straight into
the immunity challenge.
Thank you so much.
And tonight, it's a pressure test
with a sting in its tail.
# 'Cause you're hot, then you're cold
# You're yes, then you're no
# You're in, then you're out
# You're up, then you're down
# You're wrong when it's right
# It's black and it's white
# We fight, we break up
# We kiss, we make up
# You're hot, then you're cold
# You're yes, then you're no
# You're in, then you're out
# You're up, then you're down
# You're wrong when it's right
# It's black and it's white
# We fight, we break up
# We kiss, we make up
# You
# You don't really wanna stay, no
# You
# But you don't really wanna go-o
# You're hot, then you're cold
# You're yes, then you're no
# You're in, then you're out
# You're up, then you're down. #
Morning, boy.
Morning.
I've done one pressure test
this season.
You do get a cool opportunity
to cook something
you've probably never done before.
I'll get the door, shall I?
Yeah, mate.
But...
..they are stressful
and someone's going to go home.
MELISSA: Good morning, everyone.
ALL: Morning.
With each pressure test comes
a new opportunity
to challenge yourselves as cooks,
and today is no exception.
Because the dish that you'll be
replicating comes from a chef
with more dedication
in his little finger
than most people have
in their entire bodies.
This chef is the man
behind the brand
that set the benchmark
for gelato in Australia.
Born out of a small shop
in Darlinghurst over 20 years ago,
it soon received cult status
and became regarded as
the best gelato in the country.
(GASPS)
Please welcome co-owner
and head chef of Gelato Messina...
God, it is!
..Donato Toce!
MONTANA: Messina is just insane.
Like, they're so indulgent
and creative.
They've got full desserts
inside the gelato.
So I'm eager to know
what's under that cloche.
Donny, what a joy to see you here
in the MasterChef kitchen.
How are you?
Thank you. Well, thank you.
Talk to me about gelato.
How did the passion come about?
I think gelato, for me,
it's an amazing thing
and it's always been in me.
I remember going for gelato
with my dad.
It's the tradition,
but it's also, the thing is,
it's just a little scoop
of happiness.
You guys do about 1.5 million
kilograms of gelato a year.
Yeah. Yeah. About 1.5 million kilos.
Huge amount.
Yeah.
Brr!
It's a lot.
That's a lot of ice-cream. It's a
lot of milk. It's a lot of cows.
It is a lot of cows.
We've got our own dairy farm -
so, 400 head of Jersey cattle
that provide our milk
straight from the source.
Unbelievable.
Yeah.
Montana.
How do you feel about gelato?
I love it.
I mean, I actually learnt
how to make gelato from your book.
The one with the little mushroom
on the front.
Are you fangirling?
A little bit, yeah.
It's pretty cool.
Yes.
Daniel.
How's your gelato game?
I'm good at eating it.
(LAUGHTER)
By the time today's finished,
you'll know how to make gelato.
(CHUCKLES)
Right, Donny. Do you wanna put them
out their misery?
Yeah.
Today you're making my...
..honey.
Ooh!
(ALL EXCLAIM)
So, on top, we've got a honey tuile.
Stop it!
Yes!
Then we've got honey gelato
with a honey financier.
Oh, stop.
And then we've got
blown sugar beehive
with honey chantilly,
honey financier, honey jelly
and chewy strawberries.
Wow.
Now we're talking.
MICHAEL: This looks
seriously impressive.
There's three different desserts
in the three hidden layers.
I couldn't have dreamt this dessert
up in my wildest dreams.
And now I've got to cook it.
ANDY: So, obviously it
revolves around honey.
Run us through each component.
That's a honey tuile.
So it's basically a tuile recipe.
We take out the sugar
and we replace it with honey.
Yep.
That is a beehive.
Blown sugar.
How hard you reckon blown sugar is
for a first-timer?
It's probably the hardest thing,
right?
It is the hardest thing.
Yeah. It's not easy.
Billie, you've got a crack,
haven't ya?
Yeah, not well.
(LAUGHTER)
It was hard.
I had to blow a sugar sphere
in the grand final challenge
in my season.
Oh, God!
And still have nightmares about it.
Oh. Dammit.
It's not working.
So seeing this sugar beehive
that they have to recreate today,
they're in for a world of pain.
Oh, man! Stop it.
Ohhhhhhhh!
Wow, that's thin.
Yeah! That's...
DONATO: So, in amongst each layer
we've got the chewy strawberries,
honey financier,
a honey liqueur jelly.
And we repeat that process
three times throughout.
This here is honey gelato.
We've got flocked on the outside
with white chocolate.
We've got a honeycomb powder on top,
that you dust at the end,
and then inside you've got
a little piece of honey financier.
ANDY: Righto, now the fun part.
Go for it. Get into it.
Oh!
Wow.
Oh, my God.
MICHAEL: Wow.
DANIEL: This dish is a different
sort of dessert to anything
I've had before.
It's called honey,
and it's honey for a reason.
When you have all three elements,
you do get this beautiful, gentle
hum of honey so subtly.
And nothing is overpowering.
And you look like you're loving life.
I'm loving it. I love honey, too.
So...
Beautiful.
It's... It is a masterpiece.
It's really well done. Like...
Thank you.
It's intimidating.
If I manage to pull this off,
I'm going to be super stoked.
But if not, there's no shame
in struggling with
a pressure test like this.
Alright, everybody,
you have three and a half hours
to recreate
Donny's honey masterpiece.
Everything you need - recipe,
everything - is on your benches.
And of course,
because it's a pressure test,
the dish that least resembles
Donny's in both look and taste
will send its maker home.
Donny, do you wanna do the honours?
Good luck. Your time starts now.
(CHEERING)
MATT: I've done some of the elements
before in this cook.
It's definitely achievable.
But that sugar, the blown sugar
just really scares me, definitely.
ALDO: Come on. Come on, Dan.
Yeah, definitely feeling match fit.
I think it's a bit of a curse
at this stage because, you know,
the more pressure tests,
the more chance to go home.
Come on, Montana.
From watching a few pressure tests
from the gantry,
you can see the people who do well
are the ones who sort of motor
from the get-go and don't let
anything sort of get in their way.
So I'm taking on that today
and just trying to move as quickly
as I possibly can.
I'm going to read that recipe,
make sure every ingredient
is measured precisely,
but do it quickly
and give myself as much time
at the end of the cook
to get a blown sugar done.
The blown sugar beehive
is an element I've never done before,
so I'm going to be completely
out of my depth.
So, to start, I was quite comfortable
seeing that we were making gelato.
I remember Donato's was beautifully
perfumed with honey,
but not too sweet,
and smooth and creamy with
just a really, really thin layer
of that honey financier
at the bottom.
The gelato is why Donato's here.
It's what he is famous for.
So I'm going to make sure
that this element is done perfectly.
Great work, babe.
Come on, guys.
Montana.
Hello.
Big fan of Messina?
Yes, massive fan. Definitely.
Yeah? Big fan of Donny's work.
And now you're cooking one of his
recipes and he's going to judge it.
Does that add extra pressure
for you, do you reckon?
Oh, of course it does.
Because it is in your wheelhouse.
Yes, of course it does.
I mean, you don't want to be
the person who does desserts
in the competition
and goes home on a dessert.
So it's stressful.
But I think if I just do the recipe
as it says
and not let anything
get in my head, I'll be fine.
Definitely. Definitely.
Exactly. Good luck.
Thank you.
DANIEL: Right now I'm working
on my honey gelato,
which was a huge part
of this whole pressure test.
Nothing here is in my wheelhouse.
Come on, Dan. Keep going, mate.
So coming into this challenge,
I definitely feel like the underdog.
I know I've got to follow
this recipe to a T.
It's a dessert and everything
is weighed out
to a specific measurement.
38 of the melted dextrose.
Um...
But by the time I've read it and I've
grabbed the ingredients to start,
I've already forgotten how much
of each ingredient I needed.
Like, I'm moving quickly
and I'm doing things quickly,
but I'm just losing time.
I have to double-check, triple-check,
because I just don't trust myself.
I just can't fall behind.
Good work, Michael.
Great work, mate.
You've gotta hustle, yeah?
Come on, mate. Faster.
Looking good, Mon.
You got it, Mon.
Half an hour in and I'm sort of
finding my groove a little bit,
so it's not as scary
as I thought it would be.
I've got my gelato in the churner
and I am working on
my honey financier.
Donato's cake in the gelato
was reeking of honey
and super thin, and light and fluffy.
I'm adding 110 grams of honey
to this butter mixture.
I just want to make sure that
that amount that I'm putting in
is spot-on absolutely
to what the recipe is saying.
Let's go, Matty.
I think a financier is just
a fancy word for a cake.
Reading the recipe,
honey is in everything.
Honey. Honeycomb. Honey jelly.
Honey tuile.
It's so hard to keep track
of the elements.
But as a teacher, one of the things
I always drill into students
is that you've got to
read questions right.
And pressure test is like that.
You've got to read
these instructions correctly.
If you read them wrong,
you could do something wrong.
Everything relies on
how accurate you are
to get the right balance
in the dish.
So I'm measuring very carefully,
but very quickly,
so I don't fall behind.
My honey financier is looking
nice and smooth.
It's looking like what I think
a cake should look like.
So I'm pretty happy at this point.
And now I can work
on my honey tuile next.
I hope you're moving. You've only
got two and a half hours to go.
(CHEERING AND SHOUTING)
So, first hour down,
gelato's finally in the churner,
and now I have to work on
my honey financier.
I feel like I've been
motoring on, but...
I dunno, I sort of have
a quick look around
and I see Montana's already
getting the financier into the oven.
Done, done, done.
So I start to worry a little bit
because...
..I still need to do
the whole element.
So I'm actually a step behind.
"Sift flour and baking powder
in a small stainless steel bowl
"and sprinkle in the..."
HARRY: Keep pushing, yeah, Dan?
I've just gotta hustle. I've gotta go
really fast to catch up.
So, first hour down,
I'm working on my financier,
but I'm already a whole step behind
at the moment.
Righto, Dan. How are you
tracking, mate?
I'm just trying to follow it
as best I can,
which is hard because I'm rereading
things just to be sure.
Righto. There's no time to reread.
Yeah, OK.
You just have to read precisely
and then do precisely.
Yeah.
You keep going back and forth,
back and forth, back and forth,
mate, there's 100 steps
in that thing.
It's going to be, a third
of your time is going to disappear.
Yeah.
So you need to pick up the pace.
OK, cool.
OK?
He's in all sorts.
Come on, Dan.
Let's go.
TOMMY: Let's go, Dan.
Still got so much to do,
but, yeah, just got to
keep on keeping on.
"170, 12 to 14 minutes till golden.
"Turning the tray
halfway through cooking." Yeah.
Finally, my honey financier
is in the oven.
Now it's time
to move on to my tuile.
Alright, two hours to go.
Come on, guys!
(SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
AND CHEERING)
ALDO: Go, Daniel! Go, mate!
Go, Michael! Come on!
BILLIE: Good work, Mon!
So, I've got my cake in the oven,
I've got my gelato in the churner,
and I am working on my honey tuile.
Donato's honey tuile was so perfect.
I want to replicate that,
but in the back of my mind,
I just know I need enough time
to do the blown sugar,
so I'm just pushing
as fast as I can.
WOMAN: Yee-hoo! Yes!
MAN: Oh, nice work, Montana.
Go, Michael!
It's like kitchen art, what he does.
And so I've got to try
and make an artwork
that tastes really good as well.
I really want to get it right.
How are you, Michael?
Good, Andy.
Mate, you look like you're
in some pretty good form.
I'm in some good form.
So, this is my tuile, so I'm gonna
chill that down in the fridge.
Yep.
And then I'm moving
on to the honeycomb.
Mate, you're smashing it.
Like, I gotta say.
I'm sweating as well, though.
Imagine how big the beads
of sweat will be
when you're trying
to blow that sugar.
They'll be...
Have you done it before?
Never done it before.
I'm actually excited.
I just wish it wasn't going home
on the line if I stuff it up.
You know, I've got pretty...
Look at these clumsy fingers.
Well, that's the thing.
So it was very smart to get ahead
of the game as much as you can,
so you can take some time to make
sure that sugar's blown perfectly.
Yeah.
Mate, keep hustling.
We'll get out of your hair.
Thank you.
You guys really do
need to be hustling.
An hour and a half to go! Come on!
(ALL SHOUT AND CHEER)
MONTANA: I'm working at a good speed.
I've made the tuile batter...
..so I'm ready to assemble
my gelato element.
It's looking beautiful.
Definitely tastes like Donato's,
so I'm really happy.
And honey financier is ready.
I remember just
a really, really thin layer
of that honey financier
at the bottom.
TOMMY: Go, Mon. You've got this.
So, to start, I fill the honeycomb
hexagon with that gelato,
making sure it's really
pushed into all those corners.
This is one of the main elements
of the whole dessert,
so I really want to
make sure I get it right.
And then the recipe says
to punch out three holes
from the honey financier
and cut them in half
so I end up with six discs.
And place the honey financier
in five spots
around the outside and squeezing
that sixth one in the middle.
Yeah, it looks really pretty.
It's one of the main elements.
It's done.
Good work, Mon.
Great work, Montana.
I can tick it off
and I can move on to this
crucial blown sugar beehive,
which I've been dreading
this whole cook.
So, yeah, it's time to get into it.
Can we get the morale up in here,
please?
HARRY: Shake your booty, Dan!
Let's go!
(ALL SHOUT)
There we go.
That's good, mate. There we go.
How much flour? 100 flour
and nine eggwhites.
I am making my tuile,
but I'm still behind a bit here.
Don't look around. It's the wrong
thing to do in a pressure test.
Because you'll find out
that you might be behind
and then you stress yourself out.
But in my job as a firey,
there is stress
and there's going to be
things that go wrong.
But it's all about figuring out
how to get around it
and not give up.
Alright, cool.
ALDO: Come on, Dan.
Keep going, mate.
MATT: I'm moving so quickly
in this kitchen.
It melts so quickly.
BILLIE: Matt has managed to get out
a nice-looking gelato.
(MUTTERS) Oh, my God.
But I'm worried that maybe
he didn't read the recipe right.
I've noticed Michael and Montana
have cut
the little discs of cake in half...
..but Matt hasn't done that.
And the cake, I think, acts as
a bit of a base to the dessert.
So if it's any thicker,
it could throw out the balance
of the entire dish.
Keep going! One hour to go!
Come on, gang!
JOCK: Come on!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Come on, guys! Come on!
WOMAN: It smells good!
MONTANA: My gelato is all finished,
so it's got the
honey financier in it,
it's in the hexagon mould
in the blast chiller.
And now...
..it is the blown sugar beehive.
This is the step
that I was definitely
just nervously waiting
for it to come up in the recipe.
The only time I've ever
sort of been exposed to it
was watching Billie's finale,
so, I mean, hopefully,
I can take some tips from her,
but, yeah, never done it myself.
I'm glad I've sort of sped
through the first elements
to give myself enough time
on this one.
We have to make the honeycomb itself
and then create a beehive
by blowing sugar in the mould.
Donato's blown sugar beehive
was so incredibly thin
and it just sort of was there for
a crunch and then just disappeared.
So I want to make sure mine
is wafer-thin like his was.
HARRY: How are you feeling, babe?
Good?
Yeah, good.
Well done, mate. Keep pushing.
MATT: I'm up to
the blown sugar beehive.
Yeah, the blown sugar is definitely
the part that I have been dreading.
MICHAEL: First time blowing sugar.
Definitely nervous.
I think if you've got a beautiful
sugar dome when you serve it up,
it's going to be a really impressive
thing to the judges and to Donny.
So, yeah, I'm going to
work really hard
to make sure
I get this one right.
Pretty.
I look like a lady at golf.
So now it's crunch time.
I need to actually construct
this beehive.
I need to start working
with the sugar at 110 degrees,
which is very hot and definitely
going to burn your fingers,
so I'm making sure that
I've got the protection on.
Ooh, this is hot.
It's just sticking.
Is it supposed to stick to me?
I'm really nervous.
This is...this is, like, the
make-or-break part of this dish.
Let's give it a go, hey?
BILLIE: Really gently, Mon.
Come on.
Come on, you got this, Montana.
KEYMA: You're going well.
Come on, keep going.
I'm starting to make a ball
with my sugar
to try and get a little bit
of air into it
before I get it into the mould.
(SIGHS)
I'm having a few attempts at it...
Come on.
Nearly got one.
..and it's not really
sort of working.
Oh, God.
BILLIE: Close. So close, Mon.
ALVIN: So close, Mon.
Come on, Michael.
Ooh.
How's the sugar going, Michael?
Terrible. You?
Not good.
Have you done one?
I can't get it to seal.
I can't get a seal either.
Yeah.
Guys, just a little bit
of advice on the sugar work.
A couple of little things.
Try heating the tip of the nozzle.
First of all. Secondly,
when you're balling it up,
even though it looks like we're
making meatballs, don't go nuts.
And when you grab it, try not
to touch the top with your hands.
So over the top...
Like a claw.
..and clench like that around it.
That's it.
Thank you.
Sorry.
DAN: My tuile mixture is done.
And I'm still behind.
Come on, Dan.
But I can't give up.
So, I'm onto my beehive, and it's
just been on the back of my mind.
(GROANS) I just can't...
I can see the other guys,
they're struggling.
Oh, damn.
Not a good one.
HARRY: Go, Dan.
But once upon a time,
I used to work in the mines
and we used to bog up holes with this
sort of steel putty-type stuff.
And the pliability of the sugar
is somewhat the same.
Like, it's tacky.
Oh, yeah, that's stuck.
So I'm trying to apply
the same logic here to sugar,
because I think that's
what we're trying to work with.
ALDO: Come on, Dan,
you're doing great.
I've got this little ball here...
You've got him shaking like a leaf.
..and it seems to be
working quite well for me.
Are you pumping?
Yeah, gently.
Now I need to get it out
without breaking it.
Oh.
Oh, don't. You're making me nervous!
Yes, Dan!
Oh, my God!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yes!
Do you think I've got it?
I've gotta find out.
MELISSA: We'll find out.
I'm sure we'll find out.
I've nailed it!
Quick! Quick!
First crack, I can't believe that.
Dan, it looks really good.
And I look around and everyone's
still trying to do theirs,
and I've caught up massively.
There you go.
That's looking killer.
Now I just need to put it
into an airtight container
so that it's ready to plate up.
(CRACK!)
NO!
Oh, sorry. Sorry.
Oh, did he break it?
Oh...fudge.
Oh.
Oh, I'm such a bloody goose.
Daniel.
G'day.
You have one?
Yeah. I just crushed it, though,
so I'm making another one.
You crushed...?
Actually, when I was putting
it in the thingy,
I accidentally crushed the top.
Oh, you crushed it.
Not in the good way.
Yeah. Not in the good way. No.
OK.
I managed to pull it off
in one crack,
so let's see if I can do it again.
You can do it.
Pressure makes diamonds, Mel.
Correct.
It really does. And I love diamonds.
(CHUCKLING)
Play on. Let's go to round two.
I'm starting
my second blown sugar beehive.
I was so far behind but I managed
to pull a banger out of nowhere
and catch back up
so, hopefully,
I can pull this off again.
I can see that the other three,
they're still struggling
to even get the first one.
But I'm getting the same feeling
that I did the first time.
ALDO: Come on, Dan.
You're doing great, mate.
Nice one, Dan.
Yes!
I don't know how I did that,
but I did it again
and I've done it better.
And I'm just cashing my chips
on this beehive.
Now, gentle. It's a newborn baby.
Now I've just got to gently, gently,
just work away these edges here.
BILLIE: Nice and light, Dan.
(SIGHS) OK.
I'm actually stoked with that one.
Oh, Dan!
It looks beautiful.
It sits perfectly.
STEPH: Dan? Don't crack it.
This time, I put it in the right
container and put that away
so that I don't knock it over.
(CHUCKLES)
BILLIE: Let's go! You got it!
Let's go!
Last bit.
I feel like I'm getting
a second wind about me.
I'm on the homestretch,
I'll just have to finish my tuile
and tie up all my loose ends.
I think I can get this done.
Now it's time to get the skates on
because you've got 15 minutes to go.
That's it.
Beautiful, mate.
Good work, Michael.
Beautiful work, Michael.
Go, Matty.
MINDY: Matt, be really careful.
Oh, my God.
(APPLAUSE)
MONTANA: I keep hearing cheers
from the gantry for everyone else
once they've gotten
their blown sugar work done.
Don't worry about...
Don't worry about him.
Worry about you. Worry about you.
You do you.
Yeah.
Everything was going so well.
But this blown sugar
has just completely thrown me.
I know the other three
have gotten a beehive done.
Ugh. I've done about...
..probably over 10 attempts
at this sugar ball.
I don't know.
When everyone else's is perfect and
you've got one major flaw in yours,
it pretty much means
that you're going home.
Oh, my God.
DAN: I caught up massively
with the blown sugar beehive.
So now I've got enough time
to play with everything else.
Ow! That's really hot.
KEYMA: You don't need fingers.
HARRY: (CHUCKLES)
You don't need fingers.
The tuile, I'm happy with that.
I think that looks good.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You bloody bewdy.
I spent a lot of time and care
into the gelato.
Come on, Dan.
And I think I've done a good job
here.
ALDO: Yes, Daniel.
STEPH: Dan, it looks really good.
And I've been waiting for an excuse
to do some spray painting.
Putting my white chocolate coating
on the gelato,
that's what it's like.
And then I'm just
double-checking everything.
Yay!
Yes, Dan.
I feel like I was thrown
in the deep end today,
really out of my comfort zone.
And I think I've done
a cracking effort.
Sorry, guys.
You've only got 10 minutes to go.
Come on!
(CHEERING AND SHOUTING)
I don't have a sugar ball
I'm happy with.
So, if I've got enough time
at the end
after all the elements are done,
I'll go back to it.
Beehive is done.
So, yeah, I'm pretty happy.
Just getting all these
little last elements ready to go.
There's eight minutes to go. I'm
tired, but I'm about to get it done.
So I'm happy.
I'm confident in my mise en place.
But I'm going to plate up the dish
in front of the judges
and in front of Donato
in the tasting room.
That really frightens me.
Beautiful. Great work, Matt.
Come on, guys! You've only got
three minutes to go!
Come on!
Push! Push! Push! Let's go!
MONTANA: So, I've come back
to my blown sugar beehive.
Keep going, Mon.
I have finished all of my elements
except for this.
Close. So close, Mon.
ALDO: So close, Mon.
It's just heartbreaking.
Oh, my God.
Has Mon got one?
No.
She just needs one.
I know.
You can do it.
This one looks good.
This one looks good.
Yes!
Come on!
I actually cannot believe
that I have managed to make one.
Oh! Oh, God!
I'm seeing the finish line here.
I've still got to do the hard part.
I know it is hard,
but you've got it.
Careful, Mon.
Be really gentle.
So, I'm super, super careful
with the edges.
MEL: 30 seconds!
30 seconds!
Come on!
Oh!
To come so close and all of a sudden
just slip away so quickly...
I don't have a complete dish.
All that's going through my head
right now
is that I'll be leaving
this kitchen today.
Alright. It's time. 10...
ALL: nine, eight
seven, six,
five, four
three, two
one.
That's it!
Well done, guys.
Well, I think this is going to be
a very interesting tasting -
lots of techniques,
lots of elements.
But they desperately
don't want to go home
and they're really digging
their heels in.
Shall we get the first one in?
Let's do it.
Oh, God.
Good luck, mate.
Thank you.
It's been such an intense cook.
This pressure test
was by far the hardest so far.
Matt.
And now I have to plate up in front
of the chef who created this dish.
You've got five minutes.
Your time starts now.
It's probably
the most nerve-wracking thing
that's happened in this kitchen.
And I'm so worried
about breaking the beehive.
I've got to be so careful.
I'm piping a little bit
of cream Chantilly,
my jelly, my financier
and my chewy strawberries.
Matt.
Yep.
You've got two minutes left.
Three of my minutes have gone.
I've just got to motor.
But the beehive is filled
and it's done.
I'm just stoked.
And then to finish
the gelato honeycomb,
sprinkle across the powder.
Then I just need
to be really careful
about placing my tuile on top.
And...time's up.
Five minutes flies when
you're having fun, huh?
(CHUCKLES) It sure does.
Really happy
with how it's come together.
I think it looks pretty similar
to Donato's,
but you never know, do you?
Alright. Matt, we'll taste it.
Thank you.
It's pretty good.
Have a look at that.
There's a lot of financier in there.
There's too much cake in it.
There's hardly any gelato.
It's almost all financier.
There's no gelato in it.
It's not a great sign.
So, he hasn't cut it.
You should be able
to just crack the top.
The top's OK.
What do you think, Donny?
The beehive was beautiful.
It was great, great flavours.
Nailed everything.
The jelly was great.
The strawberries were great.
The Chantilly was great.
How about the tuile?
The tuile was beautiful.
Faultless.
Yeah, everything was good.
It's just what really counted
for me was the gelato.
And unfortunately,
I couldn't taste it.
There was just too little of it
on there.
For me, that gelato is key.
You know, earlier when you said
it's like this little
scoop of happiness.
Yeah.
Kind of missed out on having that.
He's failed to read
one pivotal step,
and I actually don't think
he's got any idea.
No.
Let's face it -
that could send him home today.
ANNOUNCER: Hungry for inspiration?
JOCK: Michael.
Gonna need some
crossed fingers, guys.
This is scaring me. (CHUCKLES)
Michael,
your five minutes starts now.
I don't think you're ever ready for
your MasterChef experience to end.
Even season three
when I got all the way to the finale,
I still wanted to keep going
for months after that.
(EXHALES)
That scares me so much. (CHUCKLES)
Did you get it?
And I think my elements are good.
I think I've done enough
to keep myself safe.
I dunno but I'm happy that I got
that honey blown sugar beehive done.
(EXHALES)
I...I'm 85% happy.
Thank you, Michael. We'll taste.
Enjoy.
Hey!
Good financier to gelato...
DONATO: Gelato.
..ratio. (CHUCKLES)
The gelato was spot-on.
I couldn't fault it.
It was silky, it was smooth, there
was no caramelisation of the milk,
the honey came through nicely.
The beehive, it was good.
It was good.
You know, everything tasted right.
I got a little bit of everything.
I think Michael was more or less
right in his assessment
of being 85% happy with it.
Yeah. Michael's done
a pretty good job.
Good luck, mate.
Best of luck, brother.
Get it, buddy.
ANDY: Daniel.
DANIEL: Hey, guys. How are we?
Good, mate.
Righto, Daniel,
five minutes starts now.
Let's go.
The intricate nature of the Messina
dessert, it was very terrifying
but managed to pull off this dish...
..like, I can't believe
that I did sugar blowing.
90 seconds, Daniel.
Oh, my Lord. (CHUCKLES)
I double- and triple-checked
everything that went into this dish.
So hopefully, the care that
I've put into it will pay off.
Righto, mate.
Thanks, Daniel, we'll taste.
Thanks, guys. Cheers. Enjoy.
Thank you.
(CRACK!)
Oh. Look at that.
That went straight through it.
Straight through.
Very, very good.
(CRUNCH!)
Woooow!
DONATO: That's...
That's perfect.
Yeah.
Look how thin and beautiful
that sugar is.
That is very hard to do.
Agreed. It's...
It took us a while
to get that right too.
(ALL LAUGH)
That has to be gelato of the day
so far.
It's glorious.
Without saying the 'P' word,
it's perfection.
Mm.
I don't dare to say
it's identical to yours, but...
I was actually gonna say
it's a little bit better.
Wow!
Er, so, the gelato was bang-on.
He couldn't have got it any better.
Um, like I said to you
while we were eating,
I think it's better than mine.
So he absolutely nailed it.
Um, the beehive sugar was super fine.
Tuile...nailed it.
Yeah.
Jock, you always describe a good
gelato as feeling warm to the palate
and this had...
definitely that texture
but also, it carried
such a beautiful, delicate perfume
of the honey.
It's pretty epic.
Like, the sugar work.
It's not luck, you know?
You do it once, maybe -
perfect, that's luck.
But to do it a second time
and get it absolutely spot-on?
He seems to be good
with just reading a recipe
and doing what it says.
It's incredible.
I mean, from Territory tacos to
high, high quality blowing of sugar?
Come on! It's MasterChef.
Mm. He's done well.
I know the other three
have gotten a beehive done
and I'm the only one
who doesn't have one.
But, I've wanted this for too long,
and I'm not ready to leave
this competition yet.
Montana.
Hello.
So, I'm gonna keep fighting
till that very, very last second.
I just need to figure out how
I'm going to make this into a dish
that somewhat resembles Donato's.
Alright.
Your time starts now.
JOCK: Montana...
..your time starts now.
MONTANA: I'm the only one who doesn't
have the complete beehive done.
So I'm building this dessert
from the bottom up.
And I try and salvage these shards.
It does sort of look like
a beehive shape
that resembles Donato's
in an abstract way, I guess.
Alright. We'll taste.
Thanks, Montana.
(GIGGLES)
MEL: OK.
I mean...
..considering...
..what happened, I think that's
a pretty great presentation.
DONATO: I agree.
Very thin sugar.
Very glossy.
Right colour.
It's partially perfect.
Yep.
That's really nice.
(CRACK!)
Yep.
I think as well, you gotta give her
props for just keeping going.
ALL: Yes.
Start with the main event -
the gelato.
I thought it was just as good as
yours, to be honest.
I agree. The gelato for me
was spot-on, it was perfect.
The honey shone through,
that amazing honey.
The dusting on top,
it was just the right amount.
I think there was
a lot of attention to detail
in the texture of the gelato
and the construction as well,
just how thin
the financier slices were.
The tuile, I thought it had
really nice flavour
and I didn't note that nearly
as much in some of the others
that we tasted today.
And in that regard,
I think it's closer to yours.
And I mean, we have to
call a spade a spade -
she didn't bring us
a complete beehive.
But what she did bring us
is a very thin sugar shell
that has the same colour as yours
and it's ephemeral, isn't it?
The sugar was so fine that as soon as
it sort of blended in with the cream,
it almost melted through.
So as soon as you got to your mouth,
there was a slight crack
but it disappeared.
I... (SIGHS)
It's a funny tasting.
I'll ask all of you a question.
If you ate this with a blindfold on,
would it be the closest,
taste- and texture-wise to yours,
Donny, throughout the day?
Yeah, I'd say yes.
If you take that technical element
of the sugar out, yeah.
But, blindfolded,
you wouldn't be able to tell.
Unfortunately, this is not
a blind taste test, though...
No.
(LAUGHS)
Donny, mate, that was an incredibly
challenging pressure test.
I think you did amazingly well.
I'm glad I wasn't in your shoes.
(DANIEL CHUCKLES)
But you guys killed it.
Thank you.
Montana, Daniel, Michael and Matt...
..there were a myriad
of difficult components
that you had to put
on the plate today.
And you all made great attempts
at mirroring Donny's dish.
Starting with yours...Daniel.
Your sugar work was expert.
And Donato thought
that your gelato...
..was BETTER than his!
(LAUGHTER)
Which means, of course, you're safe.
(APPLAUSE)
That leaves Michael, Matt
and Montana.
Michael,
your gelato was spot-on.
Montana,
your gelato resembled Donny's.
The flavours of honey
sang throughout.
But you know as well as us...
..that wasn't a beehive.
Matt,
your beehive was a ten.
But...
..there was a serious flaw
in your gelato...
..in that you misread the recipe
and its construction
was more financier than gelato.
Montana, Matt...
..we had to assess which problem
is the greatest.
And in a gelato challenge...
..we decided that that element
is the most crucial.
Which is why, I'm sorry, Matt,
you're going home.
Oh, buddy.
It's alright, mate.
Matt, so sorry, mate.
We knew that you were great
when you walked through those doors
for the very first time.
Since then, you have grown
in every single cook
and we believe you belong
in kitchens,
and that's the biggest thing for us.
Thanks, guys.
Unfortunately, dude,
it's time to say goodbye.
Thanks, guys.
I'm disappointed
because I wanna be here still.
Thanks for cooking for us, man.
But I'm gonna own the fact
that I made a mistake.
That was on me.
But I'm gonna hold onto how proud
I am of myself
for the growth I've achieved,
some amazing dishes I've cooked.
And I think I've held myself
really well through this competition.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Give it up for Matt, everybody!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
ANNOUNCER: Tomorrow night
on MasterChef Australia...
Goose bumps!
What?
..they're literally surrounded
by a masterpiece.
SARAH: It's just
so magical.
You aren't just
cooks today...
..you're artists.
Entree needs
some hands.
But will that
inspiration...
Ugh.
..translate to
the plate?
How long
have we got?
Will it be
a stressful
next 25 minutes?
You bet.
Service, please!
Captions by Red Bee Media
on MasterChef Australia...
(ALL EXCLAIM)
..They cooked up a storm, making
comfort food for a rainy day.
ALVIN: It's a bit like
a hug from Mum.
They all put their home
and their hearts on a plate.
ALDO: That's what food is.
It's love.
But Tommy's dish was the standout.
You're going straight into
the immunity challenge.
Thank you so much.
And tonight, it's a pressure test
with a sting in its tail.
# 'Cause you're hot, then you're cold
# You're yes, then you're no
# You're in, then you're out
# You're up, then you're down
# You're wrong when it's right
# It's black and it's white
# We fight, we break up
# We kiss, we make up
# You're hot, then you're cold
# You're yes, then you're no
# You're in, then you're out
# You're up, then you're down
# You're wrong when it's right
# It's black and it's white
# We fight, we break up
# We kiss, we make up
# You
# You don't really wanna stay, no
# You
# But you don't really wanna go-o
# You're hot, then you're cold
# You're yes, then you're no
# You're in, then you're out
# You're up, then you're down. #
Morning, boy.
Morning.
I've done one pressure test
this season.
You do get a cool opportunity
to cook something
you've probably never done before.
I'll get the door, shall I?
Yeah, mate.
But...
..they are stressful
and someone's going to go home.
MELISSA: Good morning, everyone.
ALL: Morning.
With each pressure test comes
a new opportunity
to challenge yourselves as cooks,
and today is no exception.
Because the dish that you'll be
replicating comes from a chef
with more dedication
in his little finger
than most people have
in their entire bodies.
This chef is the man
behind the brand
that set the benchmark
for gelato in Australia.
Born out of a small shop
in Darlinghurst over 20 years ago,
it soon received cult status
and became regarded as
the best gelato in the country.
(GASPS)
Please welcome co-owner
and head chef of Gelato Messina...
God, it is!
..Donato Toce!
MONTANA: Messina is just insane.
Like, they're so indulgent
and creative.
They've got full desserts
inside the gelato.
So I'm eager to know
what's under that cloche.
Donny, what a joy to see you here
in the MasterChef kitchen.
How are you?
Thank you. Well, thank you.
Talk to me about gelato.
How did the passion come about?
I think gelato, for me,
it's an amazing thing
and it's always been in me.
I remember going for gelato
with my dad.
It's the tradition,
but it's also, the thing is,
it's just a little scoop
of happiness.
You guys do about 1.5 million
kilograms of gelato a year.
Yeah. Yeah. About 1.5 million kilos.
Huge amount.
Yeah.
Brr!
It's a lot.
That's a lot of ice-cream. It's a
lot of milk. It's a lot of cows.
It is a lot of cows.
We've got our own dairy farm -
so, 400 head of Jersey cattle
that provide our milk
straight from the source.
Unbelievable.
Yeah.
Montana.
How do you feel about gelato?
I love it.
I mean, I actually learnt
how to make gelato from your book.
The one with the little mushroom
on the front.
Are you fangirling?
A little bit, yeah.
It's pretty cool.
Yes.
Daniel.
How's your gelato game?
I'm good at eating it.
(LAUGHTER)
By the time today's finished,
you'll know how to make gelato.
(CHUCKLES)
Right, Donny. Do you wanna put them
out their misery?
Yeah.
Today you're making my...
..honey.
Ooh!
(ALL EXCLAIM)
So, on top, we've got a honey tuile.
Stop it!
Yes!
Then we've got honey gelato
with a honey financier.
Oh, stop.
And then we've got
blown sugar beehive
with honey chantilly,
honey financier, honey jelly
and chewy strawberries.
Wow.
Now we're talking.
MICHAEL: This looks
seriously impressive.
There's three different desserts
in the three hidden layers.
I couldn't have dreamt this dessert
up in my wildest dreams.
And now I've got to cook it.
ANDY: So, obviously it
revolves around honey.
Run us through each component.
That's a honey tuile.
So it's basically a tuile recipe.
We take out the sugar
and we replace it with honey.
Yep.
That is a beehive.
Blown sugar.
How hard you reckon blown sugar is
for a first-timer?
It's probably the hardest thing,
right?
It is the hardest thing.
Yeah. It's not easy.
Billie, you've got a crack,
haven't ya?
Yeah, not well.
(LAUGHTER)
It was hard.
I had to blow a sugar sphere
in the grand final challenge
in my season.
Oh, God!
And still have nightmares about it.
Oh. Dammit.
It's not working.
So seeing this sugar beehive
that they have to recreate today,
they're in for a world of pain.
Oh, man! Stop it.
Ohhhhhhhh!
Wow, that's thin.
Yeah! That's...
DONATO: So, in amongst each layer
we've got the chewy strawberries,
honey financier,
a honey liqueur jelly.
And we repeat that process
three times throughout.
This here is honey gelato.
We've got flocked on the outside
with white chocolate.
We've got a honeycomb powder on top,
that you dust at the end,
and then inside you've got
a little piece of honey financier.
ANDY: Righto, now the fun part.
Go for it. Get into it.
Oh!
Wow.
Oh, my God.
MICHAEL: Wow.
DANIEL: This dish is a different
sort of dessert to anything
I've had before.
It's called honey,
and it's honey for a reason.
When you have all three elements,
you do get this beautiful, gentle
hum of honey so subtly.
And nothing is overpowering.
And you look like you're loving life.
I'm loving it. I love honey, too.
So...
Beautiful.
It's... It is a masterpiece.
It's really well done. Like...
Thank you.
It's intimidating.
If I manage to pull this off,
I'm going to be super stoked.
But if not, there's no shame
in struggling with
a pressure test like this.
Alright, everybody,
you have three and a half hours
to recreate
Donny's honey masterpiece.
Everything you need - recipe,
everything - is on your benches.
And of course,
because it's a pressure test,
the dish that least resembles
Donny's in both look and taste
will send its maker home.
Donny, do you wanna do the honours?
Good luck. Your time starts now.
(CHEERING)
MATT: I've done some of the elements
before in this cook.
It's definitely achievable.
But that sugar, the blown sugar
just really scares me, definitely.
ALDO: Come on. Come on, Dan.
Yeah, definitely feeling match fit.
I think it's a bit of a curse
at this stage because, you know,
the more pressure tests,
the more chance to go home.
Come on, Montana.
From watching a few pressure tests
from the gantry,
you can see the people who do well
are the ones who sort of motor
from the get-go and don't let
anything sort of get in their way.
So I'm taking on that today
and just trying to move as quickly
as I possibly can.
I'm going to read that recipe,
make sure every ingredient
is measured precisely,
but do it quickly
and give myself as much time
at the end of the cook
to get a blown sugar done.
The blown sugar beehive
is an element I've never done before,
so I'm going to be completely
out of my depth.
So, to start, I was quite comfortable
seeing that we were making gelato.
I remember Donato's was beautifully
perfumed with honey,
but not too sweet,
and smooth and creamy with
just a really, really thin layer
of that honey financier
at the bottom.
The gelato is why Donato's here.
It's what he is famous for.
So I'm going to make sure
that this element is done perfectly.
Great work, babe.
Come on, guys.
Montana.
Hello.
Big fan of Messina?
Yes, massive fan. Definitely.
Yeah? Big fan of Donny's work.
And now you're cooking one of his
recipes and he's going to judge it.
Does that add extra pressure
for you, do you reckon?
Oh, of course it does.
Because it is in your wheelhouse.
Yes, of course it does.
I mean, you don't want to be
the person who does desserts
in the competition
and goes home on a dessert.
So it's stressful.
But I think if I just do the recipe
as it says
and not let anything
get in my head, I'll be fine.
Definitely. Definitely.
Exactly. Good luck.
Thank you.
DANIEL: Right now I'm working
on my honey gelato,
which was a huge part
of this whole pressure test.
Nothing here is in my wheelhouse.
Come on, Dan. Keep going, mate.
So coming into this challenge,
I definitely feel like the underdog.
I know I've got to follow
this recipe to a T.
It's a dessert and everything
is weighed out
to a specific measurement.
38 of the melted dextrose.
Um...
But by the time I've read it and I've
grabbed the ingredients to start,
I've already forgotten how much
of each ingredient I needed.
Like, I'm moving quickly
and I'm doing things quickly,
but I'm just losing time.
I have to double-check, triple-check,
because I just don't trust myself.
I just can't fall behind.
Good work, Michael.
Great work, mate.
You've gotta hustle, yeah?
Come on, mate. Faster.
Looking good, Mon.
You got it, Mon.
Half an hour in and I'm sort of
finding my groove a little bit,
so it's not as scary
as I thought it would be.
I've got my gelato in the churner
and I am working on
my honey financier.
Donato's cake in the gelato
was reeking of honey
and super thin, and light and fluffy.
I'm adding 110 grams of honey
to this butter mixture.
I just want to make sure that
that amount that I'm putting in
is spot-on absolutely
to what the recipe is saying.
Let's go, Matty.
I think a financier is just
a fancy word for a cake.
Reading the recipe,
honey is in everything.
Honey. Honeycomb. Honey jelly.
Honey tuile.
It's so hard to keep track
of the elements.
But as a teacher, one of the things
I always drill into students
is that you've got to
read questions right.
And pressure test is like that.
You've got to read
these instructions correctly.
If you read them wrong,
you could do something wrong.
Everything relies on
how accurate you are
to get the right balance
in the dish.
So I'm measuring very carefully,
but very quickly,
so I don't fall behind.
My honey financier is looking
nice and smooth.
It's looking like what I think
a cake should look like.
So I'm pretty happy at this point.
And now I can work
on my honey tuile next.
I hope you're moving. You've only
got two and a half hours to go.
(CHEERING AND SHOUTING)
So, first hour down,
gelato's finally in the churner,
and now I have to work on
my honey financier.
I feel like I've been
motoring on, but...
I dunno, I sort of have
a quick look around
and I see Montana's already
getting the financier into the oven.
Done, done, done.
So I start to worry a little bit
because...
..I still need to do
the whole element.
So I'm actually a step behind.
"Sift flour and baking powder
in a small stainless steel bowl
"and sprinkle in the..."
HARRY: Keep pushing, yeah, Dan?
I've just gotta hustle. I've gotta go
really fast to catch up.
So, first hour down,
I'm working on my financier,
but I'm already a whole step behind
at the moment.
Righto, Dan. How are you
tracking, mate?
I'm just trying to follow it
as best I can,
which is hard because I'm rereading
things just to be sure.
Righto. There's no time to reread.
Yeah, OK.
You just have to read precisely
and then do precisely.
Yeah.
You keep going back and forth,
back and forth, back and forth,
mate, there's 100 steps
in that thing.
It's going to be, a third
of your time is going to disappear.
Yeah.
So you need to pick up the pace.
OK, cool.
OK?
He's in all sorts.
Come on, Dan.
Let's go.
TOMMY: Let's go, Dan.
Still got so much to do,
but, yeah, just got to
keep on keeping on.
"170, 12 to 14 minutes till golden.
"Turning the tray
halfway through cooking." Yeah.
Finally, my honey financier
is in the oven.
Now it's time
to move on to my tuile.
Alright, two hours to go.
Come on, guys!
(SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
AND CHEERING)
ALDO: Go, Daniel! Go, mate!
Go, Michael! Come on!
BILLIE: Good work, Mon!
So, I've got my cake in the oven,
I've got my gelato in the churner,
and I am working on my honey tuile.
Donato's honey tuile was so perfect.
I want to replicate that,
but in the back of my mind,
I just know I need enough time
to do the blown sugar,
so I'm just pushing
as fast as I can.
WOMAN: Yee-hoo! Yes!
MAN: Oh, nice work, Montana.
Go, Michael!
It's like kitchen art, what he does.
And so I've got to try
and make an artwork
that tastes really good as well.
I really want to get it right.
How are you, Michael?
Good, Andy.
Mate, you look like you're
in some pretty good form.
I'm in some good form.
So, this is my tuile, so I'm gonna
chill that down in the fridge.
Yep.
And then I'm moving
on to the honeycomb.
Mate, you're smashing it.
Like, I gotta say.
I'm sweating as well, though.
Imagine how big the beads
of sweat will be
when you're trying
to blow that sugar.
They'll be...
Have you done it before?
Never done it before.
I'm actually excited.
I just wish it wasn't going home
on the line if I stuff it up.
You know, I've got pretty...
Look at these clumsy fingers.
Well, that's the thing.
So it was very smart to get ahead
of the game as much as you can,
so you can take some time to make
sure that sugar's blown perfectly.
Yeah.
Mate, keep hustling.
We'll get out of your hair.
Thank you.
You guys really do
need to be hustling.
An hour and a half to go! Come on!
(ALL SHOUT AND CHEER)
MONTANA: I'm working at a good speed.
I've made the tuile batter...
..so I'm ready to assemble
my gelato element.
It's looking beautiful.
Definitely tastes like Donato's,
so I'm really happy.
And honey financier is ready.
I remember just
a really, really thin layer
of that honey financier
at the bottom.
TOMMY: Go, Mon. You've got this.
So, to start, I fill the honeycomb
hexagon with that gelato,
making sure it's really
pushed into all those corners.
This is one of the main elements
of the whole dessert,
so I really want to
make sure I get it right.
And then the recipe says
to punch out three holes
from the honey financier
and cut them in half
so I end up with six discs.
And place the honey financier
in five spots
around the outside and squeezing
that sixth one in the middle.
Yeah, it looks really pretty.
It's one of the main elements.
It's done.
Good work, Mon.
Great work, Montana.
I can tick it off
and I can move on to this
crucial blown sugar beehive,
which I've been dreading
this whole cook.
So, yeah, it's time to get into it.
Can we get the morale up in here,
please?
HARRY: Shake your booty, Dan!
Let's go!
(ALL SHOUT)
There we go.
That's good, mate. There we go.
How much flour? 100 flour
and nine eggwhites.
I am making my tuile,
but I'm still behind a bit here.
Don't look around. It's the wrong
thing to do in a pressure test.
Because you'll find out
that you might be behind
and then you stress yourself out.
But in my job as a firey,
there is stress
and there's going to be
things that go wrong.
But it's all about figuring out
how to get around it
and not give up.
Alright, cool.
ALDO: Come on, Dan.
Keep going, mate.
MATT: I'm moving so quickly
in this kitchen.
It melts so quickly.
BILLIE: Matt has managed to get out
a nice-looking gelato.
(MUTTERS) Oh, my God.
But I'm worried that maybe
he didn't read the recipe right.
I've noticed Michael and Montana
have cut
the little discs of cake in half...
..but Matt hasn't done that.
And the cake, I think, acts as
a bit of a base to the dessert.
So if it's any thicker,
it could throw out the balance
of the entire dish.
Keep going! One hour to go!
Come on, gang!
JOCK: Come on!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Come on, guys! Come on!
WOMAN: It smells good!
MONTANA: My gelato is all finished,
so it's got the
honey financier in it,
it's in the hexagon mould
in the blast chiller.
And now...
..it is the blown sugar beehive.
This is the step
that I was definitely
just nervously waiting
for it to come up in the recipe.
The only time I've ever
sort of been exposed to it
was watching Billie's finale,
so, I mean, hopefully,
I can take some tips from her,
but, yeah, never done it myself.
I'm glad I've sort of sped
through the first elements
to give myself enough time
on this one.
We have to make the honeycomb itself
and then create a beehive
by blowing sugar in the mould.
Donato's blown sugar beehive
was so incredibly thin
and it just sort of was there for
a crunch and then just disappeared.
So I want to make sure mine
is wafer-thin like his was.
HARRY: How are you feeling, babe?
Good?
Yeah, good.
Well done, mate. Keep pushing.
MATT: I'm up to
the blown sugar beehive.
Yeah, the blown sugar is definitely
the part that I have been dreading.
MICHAEL: First time blowing sugar.
Definitely nervous.
I think if you've got a beautiful
sugar dome when you serve it up,
it's going to be a really impressive
thing to the judges and to Donny.
So, yeah, I'm going to
work really hard
to make sure
I get this one right.
Pretty.
I look like a lady at golf.
So now it's crunch time.
I need to actually construct
this beehive.
I need to start working
with the sugar at 110 degrees,
which is very hot and definitely
going to burn your fingers,
so I'm making sure that
I've got the protection on.
Ooh, this is hot.
It's just sticking.
Is it supposed to stick to me?
I'm really nervous.
This is...this is, like, the
make-or-break part of this dish.
Let's give it a go, hey?
BILLIE: Really gently, Mon.
Come on.
Come on, you got this, Montana.
KEYMA: You're going well.
Come on, keep going.
I'm starting to make a ball
with my sugar
to try and get a little bit
of air into it
before I get it into the mould.
(SIGHS)
I'm having a few attempts at it...
Come on.
Nearly got one.
..and it's not really
sort of working.
Oh, God.
BILLIE: Close. So close, Mon.
ALVIN: So close, Mon.
Come on, Michael.
Ooh.
How's the sugar going, Michael?
Terrible. You?
Not good.
Have you done one?
I can't get it to seal.
I can't get a seal either.
Yeah.
Guys, just a little bit
of advice on the sugar work.
A couple of little things.
Try heating the tip of the nozzle.
First of all. Secondly,
when you're balling it up,
even though it looks like we're
making meatballs, don't go nuts.
And when you grab it, try not
to touch the top with your hands.
So over the top...
Like a claw.
..and clench like that around it.
That's it.
Thank you.
Sorry.
DAN: My tuile mixture is done.
And I'm still behind.
Come on, Dan.
But I can't give up.
So, I'm onto my beehive, and it's
just been on the back of my mind.
(GROANS) I just can't...
I can see the other guys,
they're struggling.
Oh, damn.
Not a good one.
HARRY: Go, Dan.
But once upon a time,
I used to work in the mines
and we used to bog up holes with this
sort of steel putty-type stuff.
And the pliability of the sugar
is somewhat the same.
Like, it's tacky.
Oh, yeah, that's stuck.
So I'm trying to apply
the same logic here to sugar,
because I think that's
what we're trying to work with.
ALDO: Come on, Dan,
you're doing great.
I've got this little ball here...
You've got him shaking like a leaf.
..and it seems to be
working quite well for me.
Are you pumping?
Yeah, gently.
Now I need to get it out
without breaking it.
Oh.
Oh, don't. You're making me nervous!
Yes, Dan!
Oh, my God!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yes!
Do you think I've got it?
I've gotta find out.
MELISSA: We'll find out.
I'm sure we'll find out.
I've nailed it!
Quick! Quick!
First crack, I can't believe that.
Dan, it looks really good.
And I look around and everyone's
still trying to do theirs,
and I've caught up massively.
There you go.
That's looking killer.
Now I just need to put it
into an airtight container
so that it's ready to plate up.
(CRACK!)
NO!
Oh, sorry. Sorry.
Oh, did he break it?
Oh...fudge.
Oh.
Oh, I'm such a bloody goose.
Daniel.
G'day.
You have one?
Yeah. I just crushed it, though,
so I'm making another one.
You crushed...?
Actually, when I was putting
it in the thingy,
I accidentally crushed the top.
Oh, you crushed it.
Not in the good way.
Yeah. Not in the good way. No.
OK.
I managed to pull it off
in one crack,
so let's see if I can do it again.
You can do it.
Pressure makes diamonds, Mel.
Correct.
It really does. And I love diamonds.
(CHUCKLING)
Play on. Let's go to round two.
I'm starting
my second blown sugar beehive.
I was so far behind but I managed
to pull a banger out of nowhere
and catch back up
so, hopefully,
I can pull this off again.
I can see that the other three,
they're still struggling
to even get the first one.
But I'm getting the same feeling
that I did the first time.
ALDO: Come on, Dan.
You're doing great, mate.
Nice one, Dan.
Yes!
I don't know how I did that,
but I did it again
and I've done it better.
And I'm just cashing my chips
on this beehive.
Now, gentle. It's a newborn baby.
Now I've just got to gently, gently,
just work away these edges here.
BILLIE: Nice and light, Dan.
(SIGHS) OK.
I'm actually stoked with that one.
Oh, Dan!
It looks beautiful.
It sits perfectly.
STEPH: Dan? Don't crack it.
This time, I put it in the right
container and put that away
so that I don't knock it over.
(CHUCKLES)
BILLIE: Let's go! You got it!
Let's go!
Last bit.
I feel like I'm getting
a second wind about me.
I'm on the homestretch,
I'll just have to finish my tuile
and tie up all my loose ends.
I think I can get this done.
Now it's time to get the skates on
because you've got 15 minutes to go.
That's it.
Beautiful, mate.
Good work, Michael.
Beautiful work, Michael.
Go, Matty.
MINDY: Matt, be really careful.
Oh, my God.
(APPLAUSE)
MONTANA: I keep hearing cheers
from the gantry for everyone else
once they've gotten
their blown sugar work done.
Don't worry about...
Don't worry about him.
Worry about you. Worry about you.
You do you.
Yeah.
Everything was going so well.
But this blown sugar
has just completely thrown me.
I know the other three
have gotten a beehive done.
Ugh. I've done about...
..probably over 10 attempts
at this sugar ball.
I don't know.
When everyone else's is perfect and
you've got one major flaw in yours,
it pretty much means
that you're going home.
Oh, my God.
DAN: I caught up massively
with the blown sugar beehive.
So now I've got enough time
to play with everything else.
Ow! That's really hot.
KEYMA: You don't need fingers.
HARRY: (CHUCKLES)
You don't need fingers.
The tuile, I'm happy with that.
I think that looks good.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You bloody bewdy.
I spent a lot of time and care
into the gelato.
Come on, Dan.
And I think I've done a good job
here.
ALDO: Yes, Daniel.
STEPH: Dan, it looks really good.
And I've been waiting for an excuse
to do some spray painting.
Putting my white chocolate coating
on the gelato,
that's what it's like.
And then I'm just
double-checking everything.
Yay!
Yes, Dan.
I feel like I was thrown
in the deep end today,
really out of my comfort zone.
And I think I've done
a cracking effort.
Sorry, guys.
You've only got 10 minutes to go.
Come on!
(CHEERING AND SHOUTING)
I don't have a sugar ball
I'm happy with.
So, if I've got enough time
at the end
after all the elements are done,
I'll go back to it.
Beehive is done.
So, yeah, I'm pretty happy.
Just getting all these
little last elements ready to go.
There's eight minutes to go. I'm
tired, but I'm about to get it done.
So I'm happy.
I'm confident in my mise en place.
But I'm going to plate up the dish
in front of the judges
and in front of Donato
in the tasting room.
That really frightens me.
Beautiful. Great work, Matt.
Come on, guys! You've only got
three minutes to go!
Come on!
Push! Push! Push! Let's go!
MONTANA: So, I've come back
to my blown sugar beehive.
Keep going, Mon.
I have finished all of my elements
except for this.
Close. So close, Mon.
ALDO: So close, Mon.
It's just heartbreaking.
Oh, my God.
Has Mon got one?
No.
She just needs one.
I know.
You can do it.
This one looks good.
This one looks good.
Yes!
Come on!
I actually cannot believe
that I have managed to make one.
Oh! Oh, God!
I'm seeing the finish line here.
I've still got to do the hard part.
I know it is hard,
but you've got it.
Careful, Mon.
Be really gentle.
So, I'm super, super careful
with the edges.
MEL: 30 seconds!
30 seconds!
Come on!
Oh!
To come so close and all of a sudden
just slip away so quickly...
I don't have a complete dish.
All that's going through my head
right now
is that I'll be leaving
this kitchen today.
Alright. It's time. 10...
ALL: nine, eight
seven, six,
five, four
three, two
one.
That's it!
Well done, guys.
Well, I think this is going to be
a very interesting tasting -
lots of techniques,
lots of elements.
But they desperately
don't want to go home
and they're really digging
their heels in.
Shall we get the first one in?
Let's do it.
Oh, God.
Good luck, mate.
Thank you.
It's been such an intense cook.
This pressure test
was by far the hardest so far.
Matt.
And now I have to plate up in front
of the chef who created this dish.
You've got five minutes.
Your time starts now.
It's probably
the most nerve-wracking thing
that's happened in this kitchen.
And I'm so worried
about breaking the beehive.
I've got to be so careful.
I'm piping a little bit
of cream Chantilly,
my jelly, my financier
and my chewy strawberries.
Matt.
Yep.
You've got two minutes left.
Three of my minutes have gone.
I've just got to motor.
But the beehive is filled
and it's done.
I'm just stoked.
And then to finish
the gelato honeycomb,
sprinkle across the powder.
Then I just need
to be really careful
about placing my tuile on top.
And...time's up.
Five minutes flies when
you're having fun, huh?
(CHUCKLES) It sure does.
Really happy
with how it's come together.
I think it looks pretty similar
to Donato's,
but you never know, do you?
Alright. Matt, we'll taste it.
Thank you.
It's pretty good.
Have a look at that.
There's a lot of financier in there.
There's too much cake in it.
There's hardly any gelato.
It's almost all financier.
There's no gelato in it.
It's not a great sign.
So, he hasn't cut it.
You should be able
to just crack the top.
The top's OK.
What do you think, Donny?
The beehive was beautiful.
It was great, great flavours.
Nailed everything.
The jelly was great.
The strawberries were great.
The Chantilly was great.
How about the tuile?
The tuile was beautiful.
Faultless.
Yeah, everything was good.
It's just what really counted
for me was the gelato.
And unfortunately,
I couldn't taste it.
There was just too little of it
on there.
For me, that gelato is key.
You know, earlier when you said
it's like this little
scoop of happiness.
Yeah.
Kind of missed out on having that.
He's failed to read
one pivotal step,
and I actually don't think
he's got any idea.
No.
Let's face it -
that could send him home today.
ANNOUNCER: Hungry for inspiration?
JOCK: Michael.
Gonna need some
crossed fingers, guys.
This is scaring me. (CHUCKLES)
Michael,
your five minutes starts now.
I don't think you're ever ready for
your MasterChef experience to end.
Even season three
when I got all the way to the finale,
I still wanted to keep going
for months after that.
(EXHALES)
That scares me so much. (CHUCKLES)
Did you get it?
And I think my elements are good.
I think I've done enough
to keep myself safe.
I dunno but I'm happy that I got
that honey blown sugar beehive done.
(EXHALES)
I...I'm 85% happy.
Thank you, Michael. We'll taste.
Enjoy.
Hey!
Good financier to gelato...
DONATO: Gelato.
..ratio. (CHUCKLES)
The gelato was spot-on.
I couldn't fault it.
It was silky, it was smooth, there
was no caramelisation of the milk,
the honey came through nicely.
The beehive, it was good.
It was good.
You know, everything tasted right.
I got a little bit of everything.
I think Michael was more or less
right in his assessment
of being 85% happy with it.
Yeah. Michael's done
a pretty good job.
Good luck, mate.
Best of luck, brother.
Get it, buddy.
ANDY: Daniel.
DANIEL: Hey, guys. How are we?
Good, mate.
Righto, Daniel,
five minutes starts now.
Let's go.
The intricate nature of the Messina
dessert, it was very terrifying
but managed to pull off this dish...
..like, I can't believe
that I did sugar blowing.
90 seconds, Daniel.
Oh, my Lord. (CHUCKLES)
I double- and triple-checked
everything that went into this dish.
So hopefully, the care that
I've put into it will pay off.
Righto, mate.
Thanks, Daniel, we'll taste.
Thanks, guys. Cheers. Enjoy.
Thank you.
(CRACK!)
Oh. Look at that.
That went straight through it.
Straight through.
Very, very good.
(CRUNCH!)
Woooow!
DONATO: That's...
That's perfect.
Yeah.
Look how thin and beautiful
that sugar is.
That is very hard to do.
Agreed. It's...
It took us a while
to get that right too.
(ALL LAUGH)
That has to be gelato of the day
so far.
It's glorious.
Without saying the 'P' word,
it's perfection.
Mm.
I don't dare to say
it's identical to yours, but...
I was actually gonna say
it's a little bit better.
Wow!
Er, so, the gelato was bang-on.
He couldn't have got it any better.
Um, like I said to you
while we were eating,
I think it's better than mine.
So he absolutely nailed it.
Um, the beehive sugar was super fine.
Tuile...nailed it.
Yeah.
Jock, you always describe a good
gelato as feeling warm to the palate
and this had...
definitely that texture
but also, it carried
such a beautiful, delicate perfume
of the honey.
It's pretty epic.
Like, the sugar work.
It's not luck, you know?
You do it once, maybe -
perfect, that's luck.
But to do it a second time
and get it absolutely spot-on?
He seems to be good
with just reading a recipe
and doing what it says.
It's incredible.
I mean, from Territory tacos to
high, high quality blowing of sugar?
Come on! It's MasterChef.
Mm. He's done well.
I know the other three
have gotten a beehive done
and I'm the only one
who doesn't have one.
But, I've wanted this for too long,
and I'm not ready to leave
this competition yet.
Montana.
Hello.
So, I'm gonna keep fighting
till that very, very last second.
I just need to figure out how
I'm going to make this into a dish
that somewhat resembles Donato's.
Alright.
Your time starts now.
JOCK: Montana...
..your time starts now.
MONTANA: I'm the only one who doesn't
have the complete beehive done.
So I'm building this dessert
from the bottom up.
And I try and salvage these shards.
It does sort of look like
a beehive shape
that resembles Donato's
in an abstract way, I guess.
Alright. We'll taste.
Thanks, Montana.
(GIGGLES)
MEL: OK.
I mean...
..considering...
..what happened, I think that's
a pretty great presentation.
DONATO: I agree.
Very thin sugar.
Very glossy.
Right colour.
It's partially perfect.
Yep.
That's really nice.
(CRACK!)
Yep.
I think as well, you gotta give her
props for just keeping going.
ALL: Yes.
Start with the main event -
the gelato.
I thought it was just as good as
yours, to be honest.
I agree. The gelato for me
was spot-on, it was perfect.
The honey shone through,
that amazing honey.
The dusting on top,
it was just the right amount.
I think there was
a lot of attention to detail
in the texture of the gelato
and the construction as well,
just how thin
the financier slices were.
The tuile, I thought it had
really nice flavour
and I didn't note that nearly
as much in some of the others
that we tasted today.
And in that regard,
I think it's closer to yours.
And I mean, we have to
call a spade a spade -
she didn't bring us
a complete beehive.
But what she did bring us
is a very thin sugar shell
that has the same colour as yours
and it's ephemeral, isn't it?
The sugar was so fine that as soon as
it sort of blended in with the cream,
it almost melted through.
So as soon as you got to your mouth,
there was a slight crack
but it disappeared.
I... (SIGHS)
It's a funny tasting.
I'll ask all of you a question.
If you ate this with a blindfold on,
would it be the closest,
taste- and texture-wise to yours,
Donny, throughout the day?
Yeah, I'd say yes.
If you take that technical element
of the sugar out, yeah.
But, blindfolded,
you wouldn't be able to tell.
Unfortunately, this is not
a blind taste test, though...
No.
(LAUGHS)
Donny, mate, that was an incredibly
challenging pressure test.
I think you did amazingly well.
I'm glad I wasn't in your shoes.
(DANIEL CHUCKLES)
But you guys killed it.
Thank you.
Montana, Daniel, Michael and Matt...
..there were a myriad
of difficult components
that you had to put
on the plate today.
And you all made great attempts
at mirroring Donny's dish.
Starting with yours...Daniel.
Your sugar work was expert.
And Donato thought
that your gelato...
..was BETTER than his!
(LAUGHTER)
Which means, of course, you're safe.
(APPLAUSE)
That leaves Michael, Matt
and Montana.
Michael,
your gelato was spot-on.
Montana,
your gelato resembled Donny's.
The flavours of honey
sang throughout.
But you know as well as us...
..that wasn't a beehive.
Matt,
your beehive was a ten.
But...
..there was a serious flaw
in your gelato...
..in that you misread the recipe
and its construction
was more financier than gelato.
Montana, Matt...
..we had to assess which problem
is the greatest.
And in a gelato challenge...
..we decided that that element
is the most crucial.
Which is why, I'm sorry, Matt,
you're going home.
Oh, buddy.
It's alright, mate.
Matt, so sorry, mate.
We knew that you were great
when you walked through those doors
for the very first time.
Since then, you have grown
in every single cook
and we believe you belong
in kitchens,
and that's the biggest thing for us.
Thanks, guys.
Unfortunately, dude,
it's time to say goodbye.
Thanks, guys.
I'm disappointed
because I wanna be here still.
Thanks for cooking for us, man.
But I'm gonna own the fact
that I made a mistake.
That was on me.
But I'm gonna hold onto how proud
I am of myself
for the growth I've achieved,
some amazing dishes I've cooked.
And I think I've held myself
really well through this competition.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Give it up for Matt, everybody!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
ANNOUNCER: Tomorrow night
on MasterChef Australia...
Goose bumps!
What?
..they're literally surrounded
by a masterpiece.
SARAH: It's just
so magical.
You aren't just
cooks today...
..you're artists.
Entree needs
some hands.
But will that
inspiration...
Ugh.
..translate to
the plate?
How long
have we got?
Will it be
a stressful
next 25 minutes?
You bet.
Service, please!
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