Episode Report Card Daniel: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Ice So Nice They Carried it Twice
By Daniel | Season 11 | Episode 13 | Aired on 05.30.2013
With Blue short a person, one of them will have to go twice. Zach thinks he should go, with his reasoning being that Jon smokes like a chimney and presumably has burned his taste buds beyond all function. We actually get the selection of the guy-going-twice as the cliffhanger going out to commercial.
In the end, with not much argument, Jon agrees to let Zach go twice. Ramsay is surprised. Mary is delighted, because she thinks Zach is a moron. She goes up against him in the first round.
Hilarity ensues when the chefs can't hear Ramsay through their ear muffs. Zach gets scallions correct, while Mary guesses shallots. They both guess plums when it's actually papaya. Then, somehow, Mary guesses "egg yolk" for turkey. Say WHAT? Zach gets it right and seals the round for the men when he gets zucchini (Ramsay accepts "squash" too) and Mary finally gets one right as well, so it wasn't a total washout.
Ja'Nel and Anthony are next, Anthony confident because he's tasted lots of things with his eyes closed. (*cough*). But he guesses "potato" for broccoli, and loses ground to Ja'Nel, who gets it right. He mistakes pistachios for cashews and Ja'Nel ties it up by getting it right. Then Ja'Nel guesses tuna for halibut, but so does Anthony. The final one is prune. "Prunes kind of taste like a grandma," says Mary, who you might remember guessed "egg yolk" when she was eating turkey. Ja'Nel gets it right, and then Anthony takes forever to guess "licorice." Red's in the lead now.
So Jon better put up or shut up too, huh? He's up against Cyndi. They both nail cheddar, and Jon bests Cyndi by correctly identifying duck while Cyndi guesses chicken. But then Jon guesses "squash" while Cyndi gets the parsnip right. Final ingredient is Brussels sprouts. They both guess "cauliflower."
Red's still up by one when Zach goes up for a second round against Susan. First up: White asparagus. That's a thing? Apparently it's something on the menu. Susan guesses radish while Zach tries "celery." I see Anthony's not letting his goose egg deter him from grimacing when someone else gets one wrong.
Then boiled egg white. I'd probably get it immediately because it would make me gag. Zach gets it, and Susan guesses "soy." It's tied for garbanzo beans. Susan guesses peas, and then beats herself up because she eats hummus all the time. Zach also guesses peas, though, so it's still tied. Cauliflower: Zach guesses white radish, so Ramsay lets the tension build before Susan guesses... and we go to commercial.