It’s a mega episode of Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars and a double elimination!
In Episode 5 of the hit new series, Gordon Ramsay and Janine Allis take their rivalry to the kitchen in a sizzling food challenge.
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Meanwhile, the teams are waiting nervously for the hosts to arrive but instead, are greeted with a colourful explosion of pink and yellow smoke.
“Now that’s how you make an impact,” announces Gordon. “That’s exactly what we want you to do today.”
Their task? To launch a new range of products from one of the BIGGEST confectionery brands in the world, Cadbury.
“We’re talking an attention grabbing, next level publicity stunt,” Janine explains.
The teams will need to link their stunt to a 30 second video, the video with the highest likes wins. The losing team… well, you know where this is going.
Team Gordon make a moooooove
With 24 hours to pull off their stunt, Team Gordon are off to a decisive start.
They land on a giant QR code and a cow as the hero of their stunt and yep, Julie is in a cow costume.
With two hours to gather as many likes as they can, Team Gordon brief their farmyard flash mob and haul their giant QR code through the streets.
It’s an epic stunt and you can catch it right here:
“Julie in a cow suit is one of the funniest things I’ve seen,” smiles Troy.
The battle for likes begins
Team Janine however, are struggling to land on their first idea.
Despite feeling rattled by their first loss, Sophie comes through with a breakthrough idea – a gorilla marching band.
It’s a battle in Melbourne Central and Team Gordon’s QR codes are EVERYWHERE.
Team Janine have just six, floating around on handmade signs. Yep, they’re rapidly falling behind.
Janine intervenes and you can catch the chaos right here:
“SCAN THE CODE, LIKE OUR VIDEO!” they begin yelling.
But it’s not enough to score Team Janine the win.
Team Janine get grilled
“We had no hope,” Janine said bluntly moments before sending one contestant home. It’s down to Catherine, Karen and Ash.
Ash is sent home, Karen breaks down and Ash’s food dreams coming crashing.
Gordon and Janine cook up a storm
It’s a new day and a new challenge. This time, the food dreamers will take on an Aussie cooking phenomenon – the meal kit.
The teams will need to design their own signature meal, an impressionable brand and easy-to-follow-instructions that will be tested by 20 home cooks, including Gordon and Janine.
As Team Gordon’s resident chef, Pia is nervous to step up. But she has just the dish, a chicken katsu curry that’s she’s cooked for Madonna. THE Madonna.
“I’ve made this a few times for her and they love it,” Pia smiles.
It’s a winning idea on paper but they run into a major hiccup on the recipe cards. Janine cooking in a battle against Gordon is worth the watch alone:
The raw potatoes! Could this be their downfall?
Team Janine make a glaring error
Team Janine’s resident chef, Sina, takes the lead with a parmesan chicken taco. A vegan designing a chicken dish?! What could possibly go wrong?
But that’s the least of their problems. Team Gordon faced a hiccup, but this is a disaster.
“Step 5, chop vegetables, there’s pictures of tortillas,” Gordon points out.
The photos don’t match up with the steps! The PROOF READ, GUYS. C’mon! It’s pure chaos and Gordon LOVES it. Watch it all unfold here:
A food dream comes crashing
Team Janine are back in the grilling room. Gordon calls their meal kit “horrific” but doesn’t stop there.
“Seriously guys, would you really put a vegan in charge of a f–cking chicken parmesan encrusted taco?” Gordon slams after receiving complaints that their dish was “bland”.
Catherine, Sina and Karen face the firing line and in the end, Karen is sent home.
“I need leaders and strategists, for that reason, I won’t be investing in you,” Janine explains.
With only four contestants left on her team, can Janine whip her team into shape with the finale looming?
Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars continues Wednesday at 7.30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now. Catch the latest episodes on 9Now.
