'Top Chef Masters': Improvisation!

Friday, June 4th, 2010 at 5:12 am

'Top Chef Masters': Improvisation! Quickfire Challenge: They pair up (Susur and Rick, Jonathan and Marcus), and each has to cook a recipe from their partner's cookbook. Halfway through cooking, they are told to stop and create a soup that keeps the integrity of the original recipe. James Oseland chooses the winner: Marcus wins for cooking a chicken tortilla soup based on one of Jonathan's recipes.

Elimination Challenge: The chefs get the night out to go see the Groundlings improv show, and they are given phrases based on audience suggestions, and have to cook a dish for the Groundlings cast.

Rick's phrase is "red, anger, bacon," and he makes pork loin, poached oysters, bacon and spicy kimchi cream. Rick screws up with the sous vide and his pork is partially undercooked, and Jay feels that it was underseasoned.

Marcus's phrase is "salmon, pleasure, violet," which sounds like a porno. He makes confit of salmon with caviar, shrimp and sake. Gail thinks the salmon is perfect.

Jonathan's phrse is "burnt sienna, depression, avocado," and he makes mesquite grilled chicken breast, French fries, yams and avocado with grapefruit. Everyone agrees that it is good, but no one is blown away.

Susur's phrase is "peanut butter, chocolate, lust," and he makes chocolate mousse with coriander and caramel-peanut butter mousse, with a chocolate crumble. He plates it to look like a vagina, which turns some people off. And yet, the entire table falls silent while eating it because it's so good.

Read the full recap at TWOP.

'Top Chef Masters': Improvisation!

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