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00:00:00The game now begins!
00:00:40Congratulations to Sage Bennett on her historic 5th consecutive World Culinary Championship!
00:00:47The only chef ever to claim the title 5 years in a row!
00:01:00And today, the home group the restaurant and hospitality empire Sage Bennett founded has officially been ranked number one in
00:01:09the world!
00:01:10She's not just a culinary legend now, she's the queen of hospitality!
00:01:15Boss, the tethered clothes you asked for are ready.
00:01:22For years, I've given to others anonymously.
00:01:25But today, I'm looking for someone with genuine character.
00:01:29Someone worthy of becoming a partner in my top restaurant.
00:01:32The first person to offer me food gets a 10 million dollar investment.
00:01:37Please, could someone spare a little food?
00:01:40Wait! Don't go over there!
00:01:42What's wrong babe?
00:01:43That bum over there went to high school with me.
00:01:47If she spots me, she'll probably start begging me for money.
00:01:51Let's take a side street.
00:01:52Wait, you mean Sage? That's really her?
00:01:55You know her?
00:01:56She's my ex. We broke up when she left town for work.
00:02:00Wow, I never thought she'd end up on the street.
00:02:02I've gotta record this.
00:02:04Come on, if people find out a successful restaurant owner like me went to school with her,
00:02:09it'll screw up my image!
00:02:11Molly, that franchise you're so proud of only exists because I gave it to you.
00:02:17Please, could someone...
00:02:18Is there really no one out here worth believing in?
00:02:21What is going on again?
00:02:40Are you all right?
00:02:47Jasper, why are you standing around?
00:02:50With some filthy hobo?
00:02:52You gave my bread to her?
00:02:54Your bread?
00:02:56I bought it, and you said you didn't want it.
00:02:59Even if I don't want it,
00:03:01it shouldn't be wasted on a sewer rat like her.
00:03:06She belongs on the ground picking up scraps.
00:03:09Daisy, that's enough!
00:03:11I'm your fiancé, and you're taking some random bum side over me?
00:03:15If you still want to marry me, then make her get lost.
00:03:18Right now.
00:03:21Well, I guess the wedding's off.
00:03:22What did you just say?
00:03:24You're calling off our engagement over some homeless freak?
00:03:27Do you have any idea what my father could do to her?
00:03:30Leave her out of this, Daisy.
00:03:31I made this decision a long time ago.
00:03:33Our engagement was nothing more than a family arrangement.
00:03:36You were never the woman I wanted to marry.
00:03:38My wife won't be someone who looks down on those with less than her.
00:03:42Someone who treats cruelty like a virtue.
00:03:45You bastard!
00:03:46How dare you!
00:03:47Your family's restaurant is already drowning financially.
00:03:50Without my father's investment, it'll be out of business in no time!
00:03:53Your father only angled for this marriage because he's after my family's recipes.
00:03:57And let me make this clear, even if we're struggling, our restaurant isn't something he can just take away.
00:04:05You're gonna regret this!
00:04:10Dad, Jasper just called off our engagement!
00:04:12Buy out his family's restaurant now!
00:04:14I want you to strip him of everything!
00:04:25I'm sorry you got dragged into all this.
00:04:27Please, take the money.
00:04:29At least let me buy you a decent meal.
00:04:30No, I don't want all that money.
00:04:33Just a burger.
00:04:35Lady, that money could buy ten burgers!
00:04:37I only want one burger.
00:04:39Fresh off the grill.
00:04:41Still hot.
00:04:47Here you go.
00:04:48Hope it's what you wanted.
00:04:56Easy there.
00:04:58Take your time.
00:04:58And please, keep the money.
00:05:00It'll buy you plenty more burgers.
00:05:04You're a good man.
00:05:06It's nothing.
00:05:07His kindness, it's genuine.
00:05:10Then let me thank you properly.
00:05:13An exclusive $10 billion investment contract from Home Group?
00:05:18Covering the entire state?
00:05:20Nice try, but I'm not falling for this.
00:05:23You should take it back.
00:05:24Why would I be joking?
00:05:26My cousin works at Home Group.
00:05:28A contract like this can only be signed by the founder herself, the culinary legend.
00:05:32What, don't tell me you're actually her?
00:05:34Well, I...
00:05:35You know what, never mind.
00:05:36If you don't believe me, then tell me what else you want.
00:05:39Whatever it is, I'll make it happen.
00:05:41Something else?
00:05:42No, that's really not...
00:05:46Jasper, everything's ready here.
00:05:48When are you and Daisy getting back?
00:05:50Mom, Daisy and I, we've run into a bit of a situation.
00:05:53A situation?
00:05:54Did you two have a fight?
00:05:55Jasper, go make things right.
00:05:56Our restaurant is depending on the funding from this marriage.
00:05:59We cannot lose the bride.
00:06:00And we certainly can't survive the damage to our reputations if this goes south.
00:06:04Do you understand?
00:06:04Don't worry, I'll get you a bride.
00:06:07You said you'd make any wish I had come true?
00:06:10Yes.
00:06:11Anything.
00:06:13Then give me your hand.
00:06:22If you really want to thank me, then marry me.
00:06:26Marry you?
00:06:29No, I can't.
00:06:30My family's restaurant is in trouble, and my parents are hoping a marriage will bring in investors.
00:06:35But I refuse to treat my own future like a business deal.
00:06:38So, I'm asking you to pretend to be a wealthy bride and come home with me, just to help me
00:06:44get through the wedding.
00:06:46That's...
00:06:47Don't worry, I'm not asking you to do it for free.
00:06:49I'll give you $500 a day.
00:06:51You earn some steady cash, my family calms down.
00:06:54What do you say?
00:06:55Perfect.
00:06:56It'll give me more time to see who he really is.
00:07:02Alright, you've got yourself a deal.
00:07:25Wow, you look incredible.
00:07:31So, want a kiss?
00:07:35Whoa, we're not even real husband and wife.
00:07:39You can't just start talking like that.
00:07:41Well, we could always make it real.
00:07:47I can't.
00:07:48I already have feelings for someone.
00:07:53It's her.
00:07:54The woman who won the World Culinary Championship at 18.
00:07:58Built home group into the greatest hospitality empire on Earth.
00:08:01And went on to dominate the competition year after year.
00:08:04The one and only culinary legend.
00:08:07She's the woman of my dreams.
00:08:09He's got a crush on me?
00:08:12That's...
00:08:12Unexpectedly adorable.
00:08:15So don't get any ideas.
00:08:17Maintain a safe distance.
00:08:19Otherwise, I'll have to revoke your fake bride privileges.
00:08:24Relax.
00:08:25You're not my type.
00:08:26Just make sure you don't fall for me first.
00:08:29Impossible.
00:08:31Impossible.
00:08:31My heart already belongs to the culinary legend.
00:08:36Stay here.
00:08:37I'm going to grab a few gifts for you to bring home.
00:08:39It'll help you make a good first impression on my family.
00:08:44Put together a gift package worth $50 million.
00:08:47Have it delivered to Vance Restaurant under Home Group's name.
00:08:52Right away, boss.
00:08:57Remember, if my parents ask what your family does,
00:09:01tell them your parents own a restaurant company.
00:09:04Annual revenue, let's see.
00:09:08Daisy's family makes about $5 million a year.
00:09:10So tell them yours makes $10 million.
00:09:13And you're okay with lying to them?
00:09:16My family's desperate for investment.
00:09:18The only way they'll accept a last-minute replacement fiancé
00:09:21is if they think she's an upgrade on paper.
00:09:23But that doesn't actually solve the problem.
00:09:26Your restaurant is still in trouble.
00:09:30It'll work out.
00:09:32My idol always says,
00:09:34the only strength that matters is your own.
00:09:37I've spent years building my startup.
00:09:39One day, I'll solve my family's problems myself,
00:09:43build a world-class restaurant,
00:09:45and stand beside the culinary legend as her equal.
00:09:55Is Jasper back yet?
00:09:58Honestly, forcing him to marry that spoiled Daisy
00:10:01just to save the restaurant isn't fair to him.
00:10:04Mom, how can you say that?
00:10:06Daisy's family practically runs the restaurant industry in this state.
00:10:10Marrying her brings a million dollars into our business.
00:10:13That's something to celebrate.
00:10:15Exactly.
00:10:16Jasper's 29.
00:10:17It's time he settled down.
00:10:19And I'm not handing over the family's secret sauce recipe until he does.
00:10:23Daisy, Cyra's daughter,
00:10:24the biggest name in the local restaurant business.
00:10:27It's a good match.
00:10:28He's hardly suffering.
00:10:30What's so special about that rich girl?
00:10:32I should have been the one marrying Jasper.
00:10:36Dad, Mom, Grandma, we're here!
00:10:43Wait, why isn't Daisy with you?
00:10:47Who is that?
00:10:51Jasper, what is the meaning of this?
00:10:54Where's Daisy?
00:10:55Mom, Dad, I called off the engagement.
00:10:58I don't love Daisy.
00:11:00Sage is the woman I want to marry.
00:11:01And today, that's exactly what I'm going to do.
00:11:05Have you lost your mind?
00:11:06Oh, Jasper, this is unbelievably irresponsible.
00:11:09Do you have any idea how badly we need Daisy's family's investment?
00:11:13If you alienate them, you could bankrupt this restaurant overnight.
00:11:16Enough.
00:11:18We've got a yard full of guests and a wedding ready to go.
00:11:21The least we can do is hear the boy out.
00:11:25Sage, go ahead and introduce yourself.
00:11:27Mr. Vance, Mrs. Vance, Grandmother, it's a pleasure to meet all of you.
00:11:32Where are you from?
00:11:33How many people are in your family?
00:11:35What do your parents do?
00:11:36And how much money do they make?
00:11:38We're from Houston.
00:11:39I'm an only child.
00:11:40My father owns a chain of restaurant hotels.
00:11:43And my mother is a homemaker.
00:11:45Annual family income, $10 million.
00:11:48$10 million a year?
00:11:50Daisy's family runs the biggest restaurant business around here and they only make five.
00:11:54This fiancé is the real deal.
00:11:55Well, isn't that wonderful?
00:11:57A restaurant family just like ours.
00:11:59I knew I liked you the moment I saw you.
00:12:02Called it.
00:12:08Sweetheart, where are your parents?
00:12:11It's your wedding day.
00:12:12Why aren't they here?
00:12:14My parents are overseas on business.
00:12:16They couldn't get away.
00:12:18Right.
00:12:18Sage's parents are pretty hands-off.
00:12:20She makes her own decisions.
00:12:21As long as she sends them an email, they're happy.
00:12:23That's true.
00:12:24Wealthy families are different about those things.
00:12:28Jasper, this was a reckless stunt.
00:12:30Next time, you talk to us first.
00:12:32Understood?
00:12:33Well then, let's not waste any more time.
00:12:35The ceremony's about to start.
00:12:36Come with me.
00:12:37I'll get you ready.
00:12:39Hold on!
00:12:41Elena!
00:12:41She's lying.
00:12:43Every word of it.
00:12:46Mia, why would you say something like that?
00:12:48Mia, I know you've always had feelings for Jasper.
00:12:52But Sage is clearly a better match for him.
00:12:55Don't start trouble where there isn't any.
00:12:58Aunt Elena, I'm serious!
00:13:00I saw her with my own eyes this morning, coming out of some run-down hotel.
00:13:04She is not some wealthy hotel heiress.
00:13:15What kind of rich iress stays in a motel?
00:13:18Shouldn't she be living in one of her family's luxury hotels?
00:13:21Jasper, care to explain?
00:13:23If her family owns hotels, why were the two of you coming out of a dump like that?
00:13:29Jasper's been conned.
00:13:30She saw a handsome guy from a family that owns a successful restaurant and decided to
00:13:35scam her way into your lives.
00:13:36That's not true!
00:13:38Sage isn't a scammer!
00:13:39She was there because...
00:13:40Because...
00:13:42Because...
00:13:43My family's hotels are exclusive resort on private islands.
00:13:46We don't operate properties on the mainland.
00:13:50Hotels on private islands?
00:13:52How luxurious is that?
00:13:54Nothing extravagant.
00:13:55Just over 500 properties worldwide.
00:13:57The brand is called Home.
00:13:59If you'd like, I can arrange membership cards for everyone.
00:14:02Home?
00:14:02That's the culinary legends company.
00:14:05Are you trying to get me killed?
00:14:07I told you to pretend to be rich, not pretend to be the culinary legend.
00:14:11See?
00:14:12I told you!
00:14:13She's a fraud!
00:14:15Home was founded by the culinary legend herself,
00:14:17and this woman is actually claiming it belongs to her family!
00:14:21That's unbelievable.
00:14:22Who tells lies that ridiculous?
00:14:24What a fraud.
00:14:25Does she really think anyone can pretend to be the culinary legend?
00:14:28Jasper, have you been lying to your father and me?
00:14:31No, I'm not.
00:14:33Jasper, the truth.
00:14:34Right now, who exactly is this woman?
00:14:38Mom, Dad.
00:14:39Her family really is in the hotel business.
00:14:41Just not home.
00:14:43She was joking, that's all.
00:14:44Just making a joke.
00:14:46Grandma, you've always wanted to see me get married, right?
00:14:48Let us do it today.
00:14:50Right here, with you watching.
00:14:52Wait!
00:14:52We're not done here.
00:14:54Mia, what exactly are you trying to do?
00:14:55Are you deliberately trying to ruin this?
00:14:57Jasper, I'm not trying to cause trouble.
00:14:59I just don't want Aunt Elena and the rest of the family being lied to.
00:15:01Mia, what are you saying?
00:15:03Aunt Elena, doesn't this strike you as strange?
00:15:05For years, Jasper has been obsessed with the culinary legend.
00:15:08He's always said that if he couldn't marry her, anyone else would just be settling.
00:15:12So how does he suddenly meet the love of his life and call off an engagement over her?
00:15:17Jasper, you didn't hire someone to pretend to be your bride just to get out of this marriage,
00:15:22did you?
00:15:23No way, that's insane.
00:15:25That can't be true.
00:15:27Jasper would never lie to me.
00:15:29Jasper, answer me.
00:15:31Is this woman a fake bride you hired to deceive your grandmother?
00:15:34Dad, Grandma, don't listen to her.
00:15:36Stop making things up.
00:15:37Am I?
00:15:38Since the moment they got here, they've done everything they can to keep their distance.
00:15:42Other than holding hands, they haven't acted like a couple once.
00:15:45No chemistry.
00:15:46No affection.
00:15:47They don't look like two people about to get married.
00:15:49Because it's all fake!
00:15:53Oh, you want affection?
00:15:54Fine.
00:15:54We'll give you affection.
00:15:57Here, sweetheart.
00:15:59Have something sweet.
00:16:01Let me steal a taste.
00:16:22Why do her eyes feel so familiar?
00:16:25I told you, my grandson would never lie to me.
00:16:28Look at them.
00:16:28They're perfect together.
00:16:31You're the first man who's ever had the nerve to kiss me like that.
00:16:37Happy now?
00:16:38How does it feel watching the man you like kiss somebody else?
00:16:42Mr. Vance!
00:16:44Looks like quite the celebration you've got going on.
00:16:47That's Cyrus Potter.
00:16:48Daisy's father, the biggest name in the restaurant business in the state.
00:16:51And that kid with him, isn't that Senator Bruce's only son?
00:16:54Jasper just dumped his daughter.
00:16:56There's no way he's here for anything good.
00:17:07Relax.
00:17:08Why so tense?
00:17:09Mr. Potter, I owe you an apology.
00:17:12What Jasper did to your daughter was wrong.
00:17:15And I'm truly sorry.
00:17:17Forget the engagement.
00:17:18I heard your restaurant has a secret sauce.
00:17:21So good it can make anyone hungry.
00:17:23Senator Bruce asked me to bring young Master Leo here to try it.
00:17:26If you can get him to eat, there'll be a very generous reward.
00:17:30If you can't, then maybe this restaurant doesn't deserve to stay in business.
00:17:34Mr. Potter, we do have the sauce.
00:17:36But I've injured my wrist recently.
00:17:38And young Master Leo's condition is...
00:17:40So you're saying you can't meet a customer's needs?
00:17:43A restaurant that can't serve its guests has no business staying open.
00:17:47Perhaps I should recommend the senator shut this place down.
00:17:49No!
00:17:50Everybody knows Senator Bruce's son suffers from severe anorexia.
00:17:53World-class chefs have tried and failed to get him to eat.
00:17:56The only person who ever succeeded was the culinary legend,
00:17:59and the senator paid a hundred million dollars for that meal.
00:18:02You're not here for dinner.
00:18:03You're here to destroy us.
00:18:08That's right.
00:18:09You had the nerve to dump my daughter.
00:18:11Now you get to watch your whole family lose everything.
00:18:16Ha ha ha ha.
00:18:16Vance Restaurant is unable to serve its customers.
00:18:20That's grounds for closure.
00:18:21Tear it apart.
00:18:24Stop.
00:18:30What?
00:18:31Has Vance Restaurant fallen so low that it needs a woman to fight its battles?
00:18:36There she goes again.
00:18:37Always desperate for attention.
00:18:41What are you doing?
00:18:42This is my family's problem, not yours.
00:18:46Stay behind me.
00:18:47No one's ever tried to protect me before.
00:18:50You want payback for your daughter?
00:18:52Fine.
00:18:52This is all on me.
00:18:54Do whatever you want of me.
00:18:55Just leave my family out of it.
00:18:57Ha ha.
00:18:58Brave little fool.
00:19:00If you want to go down first, be my guest.
00:19:05Nobody lays a hand on my son.
00:19:08I will make something Master Leo enjoys.
00:19:11Until then, you don't touch a single member of my family and you don't damage a single thing in my
00:19:15restaurant.
00:19:16They haven't even had a chance to cook yet.
00:19:18How can you shut them down already?
00:19:20He's not even trying to hide it.
00:19:21This is obviously a setup.
00:19:23Fine.
00:19:24But if you fail, don't blame me when I shut this place down on the spot.
00:19:37Let's see if you've got anything that can compete with the culinary legend.
00:19:59Please, give it a try.
00:20:11Oh my God, he ate it.
00:20:13Master Leo won't even touch food he doesn't like.
00:20:17But Chef Rowan actually got him to take a bite.
00:20:20Honey, you did it.
00:20:25Sage, what is it?
00:20:27The sauce is good, but the dish still isn't reaching its full potential.
00:20:32Are you saying my dish isn't good enough?
00:20:35Can you stop pretending you're some kind of expert?
00:20:38If there was something wrong with the dish, why would Master Leo eat it?
00:20:42Do you think we're all idiots?
00:20:54That's disgusting!
00:20:55Why would you serve me this?
00:20:59What?
00:21:00No way!
00:21:01She was right.
00:21:02She actually called it.
00:21:04Vance Restaurant has failed to satisfy its customer.
00:21:09Clearly unfit to operate.
00:21:11As the senator's representative.
00:21:13I'm shutting this place down immediately!
00:21:15Wait.
00:21:18Who says nobody in the Vance family can make something he'll eat?
00:21:22You're supposed to be some rich heiress.
00:21:25Since when do rich girls know how to cook?
00:21:28Stop making things worse.
00:21:30Ha!
00:21:31Rowan, have you really run out of options?
00:21:34You're actually hiding behind a woman now?
00:21:37Sage, stop.
00:21:38Be serious.
00:21:39You don't know how to cook.
00:21:41He doesn't need food.
00:21:42He needs a taste that reminds him what hunger feels like.
00:21:46A taste that wakes his appetite back up.
00:21:49And there's only one person in the world who knows how to do that.
00:21:52And it's me.
00:21:57Do you trust me?
00:21:58There's something about her.
00:22:00Something that makes you want to believe.
00:22:02Fine.
00:22:03One last chance.
00:22:05I want a dish on that table in ten minutes.
00:22:07And nobody helps her.
00:22:09Ten minutes?
00:22:10It takes five minutes just to prep the ingredients.
00:22:13Nobody can make a proper dish in ten.
00:22:15You've got one shot.
00:22:17Of course, you're welcome to give up now.
00:22:20You!
00:22:21Fine.
00:22:23But ten minutes is excessive.
00:22:24Give me three.
00:22:26Three minutes?
00:22:27Sage, this is no time for jokes.
00:22:29You can't even prep the ingredients in three minutes.
00:22:32If she wants to embarrass herself, who am I to stop her?
00:22:35Three minutes it is.
00:22:36Jasper, your fiancé has completely lost her mind.
00:22:40Are you sure about this?
00:22:41Three minutes isn't enough time.
00:22:43For someone else, maybe.
00:22:45Not for me.
00:23:01She carries chef's tools with her everywhere?
00:23:11Go ahead.
00:23:13Let's see what miracle you think you can pull off in three minutes.
00:23:18Go show them what you've got.
00:23:39How far along is she?
00:23:41Why is it so quiet?
00:23:42Maybe she realized she's in over her head and is back there crying.
00:23:5830 seconds.
00:23:59That's all you've got left.
00:24:01Jasper, I told you she couldn't do it!
00:24:03Mia, are you actually rooting for my family's restaurant to fail?
00:24:07That's not what I meant.
00:24:16What is that smell?
00:24:18I've never smelled anything like it before.
00:24:21Oh my God.
00:24:23I'm actually drooling.
00:24:24She cooked with oil, yet there's not a trace of smoke.
00:24:27Just the pure aroma of vegetables and meat.
00:24:29This is the pinnacle of the craft.
00:24:31The level only the culinary legend is supposed to reach.
00:24:34Jasper,
00:24:36who exactly did you bring home?
00:24:3910 seconds!
00:24:40If she doesn't put a dish on that table,
00:24:43I'm shutting this place down!
00:24:52Please, enjoy.
00:25:01That's impossible!
00:25:04Please, dig in.
00:25:15But that's it?
00:25:16It's just a burger?
00:25:19You're kidding me!
00:25:20Three minutes, and this is the best you could do?
00:25:22A burger?
00:25:24Complete garbage.
00:25:26How embarrassing!
00:25:27All that drama,
00:25:28and she comes out with something
00:25:29that looks like it was stolen from a drive-thru.
00:25:32Is it?
00:25:32Then why don't you taste it and find out?
00:25:34Taste it?
00:25:35Master Leo's eaten the finest food money can buy!
00:25:38Why would he even look at something like that?
00:25:40There's no way he'll touch it!
00:25:52Elena, look at the kind of woman Jasper brought home.
00:25:55Nobody even knows who she is.
00:25:57And now she's about to drag the entire Vance family down with her.
00:26:02It's over.
00:26:03Is this really how the Vance restaurant ends?
00:26:05Jasper!
00:26:06Where did you find this girl?
00:26:14Mom, he hasn't even tasted it yet.
00:26:16Maybe Sage can actually pull this off.
00:26:18The senator spent millions bringing in the world's greatest chefs for this boy,
00:26:23and not one of them got him to eat.
00:26:26If he takes a bite of this pathetic little burger,
00:26:29I'll eat this table.
00:26:31Careful.
00:26:32I'd hate to see you break your word.
00:26:35You've got quite a mouth on you.
00:26:37Don't worry, girl.
00:26:38I won't forget it.
00:26:40When the Vance family falls,
00:26:42you'll be right there with them.
00:26:45Young Master Leo,
00:26:46can you believe they tried to serve you this slodge?
00:26:50I'll throw it away right now.
00:26:51Report this insult to your father
00:26:53and have this place shut down immediately.
00:26:57I want that.
00:27:02Give it to me.
00:27:04I want it.
00:27:05Master Leo, no!
00:27:06You can't eat something like that!
00:27:08It's junk food!
00:27:09This is the first time Master Leo has ever asked for food himself!
00:27:13What's in that burger?
00:27:15He's probably just curious,
00:27:17because he's never seen food this cheap before.
00:27:20Elena, that burger could make him sick!
00:27:22He shouldn't be eating it!
00:27:23Enough, Mia!
00:27:26You're my cousin.
00:27:27Why is every word out of your mouth
00:27:28trying to tear someone down?
00:27:35Master Leo,
00:27:36this was prepared especially for you
00:27:37by Vance Restaurant.
00:27:38Please, enjoy.
00:27:55Is it good or bad?
00:27:58Isn't it obvious?
00:27:59It's awful.
00:28:01Look at him.
00:28:02He's literally crying.
00:28:03This taste.
00:28:05This taste.
00:28:07It's terrible, isn't it?
00:28:08You don't have to force yourself, Master Leo.
00:28:11Just spit it out.
00:28:12I'll make sure they're punished for this!
00:28:15Why isn't he saying anything?
00:28:16He's just crying.
00:28:18Is it really that bad?
00:28:19That's it.
00:28:20It's so awful.
00:28:21He can't even talk.
00:28:22This is all her fault.
00:28:23Jasper, we're all going to pay
00:28:27for your reckless wife's mistake!
00:28:29Unbelievable!
00:28:30You served Senator Bruce's son
00:28:33this disgusting slob?
00:28:35Seal this place off!
00:28:40As of this moment,
00:28:42I am officially shutting down
00:28:43Vance Restaurant
00:28:44on the Senator's behalf!
00:28:46No, you can't do this!
00:28:52How stupid you have to be
00:28:53to let some little girl
00:28:54do the cooking.
00:28:56Don't worry.
00:28:57Once I take over this restaurant,
00:28:58I'll tear it down brick by brick.
00:29:00Every trace of you people
00:29:02will be wiped away
00:29:03just like this pathetic burger.
00:29:07Give me back my burger!
00:29:10You idiot!
00:29:22This is the greatest thing
00:29:27I've ever tasted.
00:29:47This is the most delicious thing
00:29:50I've ever eaten!
00:29:52She actually did it!
00:29:54She got a child
00:29:55with severe anorexia to eat
00:29:56and she did it in three minutes!
00:29:58Honestly,
00:29:59a chef who can work
00:30:00under a deadline that brutal
00:30:01and still produce
00:30:03a flawless dish?
00:30:04There are only a handful
00:30:05in the world.
00:30:06You did it!
00:30:08Sage,
00:30:08you actually did it!
00:30:10You saved our restaurant!
00:30:12Easy there.
00:30:13You're breaking my ribs.
00:30:16Sorry.
00:30:17I got a little carried away.
00:30:23I couldn't exactly let down
00:30:25the one person
00:30:25who believed in me.
00:30:29looks like Jasper
00:30:31brought a little miracle
00:30:33into this family.
00:30:34Damn it!
00:30:37Somehow she always ends up
00:30:39stealing the spotlight.
00:30:41No way!
00:30:43I did my homework!
00:30:44The only food Leo will eat
00:30:46is food made by
00:30:47the culinary legend!
00:30:48How gossiply!
00:30:51Unless
00:30:54she's
00:30:57What am I thinking?
00:30:59The culinary legend
00:31:01is a complete mystery.
00:31:02She never shows
00:31:03her face in public.
00:31:05There's no way
00:31:06she'd be here.
00:31:08Miss!
00:31:09That burger was incredible!
00:31:11Other than the culinary legend's food,
00:31:13I've never eaten anything
00:31:14that tasted this good!
00:31:20I'll give you
00:31:20ten million dollars.
00:31:22Ten million dollars?
00:31:25Will you come home with me?
00:31:27That's a very generous offer.
00:31:29But I have a wedding
00:31:30to get through.
00:31:32So I can't come home with you.
00:31:40Then I'll marry you!
00:31:49Miss Sage,
00:31:50will you marry me?
00:31:52Hey!
00:31:52She's my wife!
00:31:55Be good.
00:31:57Give this to your father
00:31:58and tell him to call me.
00:32:00I promise.
00:32:01I'll come see you.
00:32:03Pinky promise?
00:32:05Pinky promise.
00:32:07Now off you go.
00:32:11Promise me you'll keep eating
00:32:13when you get home, okay?
00:32:22Bye, Miss Sage!
00:32:23I'll come visit you!
00:32:25Master Leo, wait for me!
00:32:29You think this is over?
00:32:30Think again!
00:32:32Before today is done,
00:32:33none of you are getting off easy!
00:32:39You're a good girl.
00:32:41We owe you a lot.
00:32:42And about earlier,
00:32:44don't take any of that to heart.
00:32:45Of course not.
00:32:47She really is a lovely girl.
00:32:49You two hit the jackpot.
00:32:51A daughter-in-law with money,
00:32:54grace,
00:32:54and talent in the kitchen?
00:32:56That's rare!
00:33:01Elena, you're all being played.
00:33:03She's not who she claims to be.
00:33:05Mia, what are you talking about?
00:33:06Doesn't any of this strike you as strange?
00:33:09Every rich girl I've ever met is hampered.
00:33:11They have staff waiting on them hand and foot.
00:33:14Most of them don't even know where the kitchen is.
00:33:17But she carries chef's tools on her body
00:33:19and cooks like a master chef.
00:33:21She's got a point.
00:33:22Girls from families like that
00:33:23usually don't cook for themselves.
00:33:25Sage took cooking classes.
00:33:27Is it really that strange
00:33:28that she knows her way around a kitchen?
00:33:30Knowing how to cook isn't strange.
00:33:32But rich girls take care of their hands.
00:33:36Manicures.
00:33:37Treatments.
00:33:38Even if they cook,
00:33:39it's only once in a while.
00:33:40Look at these hands.
00:33:42Every finger is covered in calishes.
00:33:44Those are not the hands of a wealthy heiresh.
00:33:46Good grief.
00:33:48My aunt works on a farm
00:33:49and her hands aren't even that rough.
00:33:50There's only one explanation.
00:33:52She's a fraud
00:33:53pretending to be a rich heiress
00:33:56so she can scam people out of money!
00:34:04Sorry.
00:34:05I don't like being manhandled.
00:34:07You!
00:34:08Elena, do you see that?
00:34:10She's getting defensive
00:34:11because she's been caught!
00:34:12Jasper, I want answers.
00:34:14Even if she can cook.
00:34:16If she's not who she said she is,
00:34:18she can't solve our financial problems.
00:34:20What's really going on here?
00:34:22Jasper, tell me the truth.
00:34:24Did you bring this woman here to deceive us?
00:34:26No, Dad.
00:34:28Just hear me out.
00:34:29If she's been lying to us,
00:34:31we'll never accept her.
00:34:33Elena, that's not fair.
00:34:35Sage just saved this family.
00:34:36That's a separate issue, Eve.
00:34:39A liar has no place in this family.
00:34:42Even if this restaurant goes under,
00:34:44I won't stand by
00:34:46and let a fraud
00:34:47take advantage of my family.
00:34:51Sage is not a fraud,
00:34:53and she has absolutely no interest
00:34:55in taking anything from this family.
00:34:56I swear it on my life.
00:34:59And what does that prove?
00:35:01You don't have a shred of evidence.
00:35:03Real air aces don't have hands
00:35:05covered in callus.
00:35:06You!
00:35:09Tell me something.
00:35:10Since when are calluses
00:35:12a source of shame?
00:35:24Maybe you see these
00:35:25and think they're ugly.
00:35:26I don't.
00:35:27Every one of them
00:35:28is proof of the hours I've worked,
00:35:30the sacrifices I've made,
00:35:32and everything I've earned
00:35:33with my own two hands.
00:35:35They don't represent poverty.
00:35:36They represent hard-earned independence.
00:35:42They remind me that I built
00:35:43my strength myself
00:35:44and never had to rely
00:35:46on anyone else.
00:35:48Shameful?
00:35:48No.
00:35:49These are the medals
00:35:50I'm proudest of.
00:35:51The only thing
00:35:52that should be ashamed
00:35:54is looking down on people
00:35:55for honest work.
00:36:10And as for being
00:36:11after your money,
00:36:13that's the funnest
00:36:14accusation of all.
00:36:16Because I've already arranged
00:36:18a $50 million wedding gift
00:36:20for my husband, Jasper.
00:36:21$50 million?
00:36:23Are you serious?
00:36:25Wow, the lies
00:36:27just keep getting bigger.
00:36:28Do you even understand
00:36:29how much $50 million is?
00:36:32Exactly.
00:36:33The kind of person
00:36:34who can casually
00:36:35hand over $50 million
00:36:36is on the Forbes rich list.
00:36:38She's obviously a fraud.
00:36:40She can't even afford
00:36:41a decent hotel,
00:36:42and we're supposed to believe
00:36:43she's giving away millions?
00:36:44Jasper, throw her out already.
00:36:47Don't let her keep
00:36:47humiliating your family.
00:36:50Have you lost your mind?
00:36:52Where are you supposed
00:36:53to get $50 million?
00:36:54This is way too big a bluff.
00:36:56Trust me.
00:36:58I won't make a fool of you.
00:37:00Where's the gift
00:37:00I asked you to prepare?
00:37:02We're at the entrance
00:37:03to the neighborhood, boss.
00:37:04We'll be there any second.
00:37:07It won't be much longer.
00:37:08Keep talking.
00:37:12Let's see how long
00:37:13you can keep this act going.
00:37:30No way.
00:37:32They actually showed up.
00:37:38That's an Aston Martin Valkyrie.
00:37:40One of the rarest cars
00:37:41on the planet.
00:37:42Rowan, who on earth
00:37:43did you invite to this wedding?
00:37:44Nobody.
00:37:45Everyone we invited
00:37:46is already here.
00:37:47Elena,
00:37:48could it be that wealthy nephew
00:37:49of yours from Los Angeles?
00:37:51I heard his wife
00:37:52trained at Le Corban B
00:37:54and runs one of those
00:37:55famous high-end restaurants.
00:37:58Let me take a look.
00:37:59It actually might be.
00:38:01Huh, that doesn't look
00:38:03like my nephew.
00:38:04That's because
00:38:05they're not here for him.
00:38:06They're here for me.
00:38:08You?
00:38:09You're saying
00:38:09a convoy like this
00:38:11came for you?
00:38:12Please, get real.
00:38:14Watch.
00:38:27boss.
00:38:29What?
00:38:30No way!
00:38:34Tell me I'm not seeing things.
00:38:36That entire motorcade
00:38:38actually came for her?
00:38:41Where's the gift
00:38:42I asked you to prepare?
00:38:43Right here, boss.
00:38:46Mrs. Vand?
00:38:48Mr. Vand, grandmother,
00:38:49it's a pleasure
00:38:50to meet you properly
00:38:51as Jasper's wife.
00:38:52Please accept
00:38:53this small gift from me.
00:38:55Such a thoughtful girl.
00:38:57Go on, Elena.
00:38:58Take it.
00:39:00What's in it?
00:39:01Good question.
00:39:03What is it?
00:39:04Inside
00:39:05is a private island
00:39:06worth $10 million
00:39:08and a commercial property
00:39:10worth $40 million.
00:39:12Excuse me?
00:39:14A $10 million island
00:39:15and a $40 million
00:39:17commercial property?
00:39:18You've really started
00:39:19believing your own fantasy,
00:39:21haven't you?
00:39:22Really?
00:39:22Then why don't you
00:39:23open it and find out?
00:39:24Elena,
00:39:25the code is Jasper's birthday.
00:39:27Still putting on a show.
00:39:28Open it, Aunt Elena.
00:39:29I guarantee it's a joke.
00:39:32Open it already!
00:39:42They're real!
00:39:43A prime location
00:39:44commercial property
00:39:45and an actual island deed?
00:39:47My God.
00:39:48How wealthy do you have to be
00:39:49to give something like this
00:39:51as a first meeting gift?
00:39:52This...
00:39:53This is really for us?
00:39:54Of course.
00:39:55For my boss's instructions,
00:39:57everything has already
00:39:58been prepared.
00:39:59Once you sign the paperwork,
00:40:01ownership will be
00:40:02transferred immediately.
00:40:04Oh my goodness!
00:40:05Jasper,
00:40:06you really brought home
00:40:06a treasure!
00:40:09What are you doing?
00:40:10I asked you to help me
00:40:11get my parents off my back,
00:40:12not hire actors
00:40:13and stage some
00:40:14insane performance.
00:40:15Sooner or later,
00:40:16somebody's going to realize
00:40:17none of this is real.
00:40:18I'm not making any of this up.
00:40:19The truth is,
00:40:21I'm not homeless.
00:40:30I'm...
00:40:33Antelena!
00:40:34My successful nephew Ben
00:40:36and his wife Molly!
00:40:38You're finally here,
00:40:40Antelena.
00:40:41This is Ben's
00:40:42and my wedding gift
00:40:42for Jasper.
00:40:43It's not much.
00:40:45Just a hundred thousand dollars.
00:40:48We wish him
00:40:49a lifetime of happiness.
00:40:51Elena,
00:40:52you're so lucky.
00:40:53Your nephew and his wife
00:40:54just handed over
00:40:55a hundred grand.
00:40:57Now that's how
00:40:58wealthy people give gifts.
00:40:59Of course!
00:41:01Molly trained at Le Cornelieu
00:41:02and worked in
00:41:03Michelin-starred kitchens.
00:41:05Her restaurant
00:41:05brings in millions
00:41:07every year.
00:41:08I've always been
00:41:09proud of them.
00:41:10Two pieces of paper
00:41:11don't prove anything.
00:41:13Real wealth
00:41:13is cash on the table
00:41:15like Molly's.
00:41:16My apologies.
00:41:17Once your accounts
00:41:18get large enough,
00:41:19carrying cash
00:41:20becomes inconvenient.
00:41:22Sage?
00:41:23What are you doing here?
00:41:24She's Jasper's fiancé.
00:41:26Quite wealthy, too.
00:41:27She just gifted us
00:41:28an island
00:41:29and a commercial property.
00:41:30What?
00:41:31What is it, Molly?
00:41:32Is something wrong?
00:41:33Wrong?
00:41:34There's a huge problem.
00:41:36Antelena,
00:41:37do you have any idea
00:41:38who she really is?
00:41:39Who?
00:41:40She's homeless!
00:41:42She's a beggar!
00:41:44What?
00:41:45You're joking.
00:41:46She's a beggar?
00:41:49See for yourselves.
00:41:50She's exactly
00:41:51what she appears to be,
00:41:52a homeless bum.
00:41:53She really is homeless!
00:41:55Oh my god!
00:41:56Jasper!
00:41:57What the hell
00:41:58is going on here?
00:42:06This woman is my ex.
00:42:08We didn't last long.
00:42:10The second I found out
00:42:10her family was dirt poor,
00:42:12I dumped her.
00:42:13And now she's pretending
00:42:15to be some rich heiress
00:42:17so she can trick Jasper
00:42:18into marrying her.
00:42:20Unbelievable.
00:42:22I told you she was a fraud.
00:42:24Believe me now,
00:42:25those contracts
00:42:26have to be faked, too.
00:42:28You lying little con artist!
00:42:31You tricked my son
00:42:32into marrying you
00:42:33and you tried to fool me
00:42:34with fake documents?
00:42:36Get out!
00:42:40No!
00:42:41Mom, Dad, please!
00:42:42Just let me explain.
00:42:44Explain what?
00:42:45The Vance family
00:42:46will never accept a bum.
00:42:47Move aside, Jasper.
00:42:49Stop protecting her.
00:42:50Every second she stays here
00:42:51makes my skin crawl.
00:42:53Do you have any idea
00:42:54who she...
00:43:20I'm back!
00:43:22Cyrus, what are you doing back here?
00:43:25Hmm.
00:43:28I'm here to formally challenge
00:43:31Vance Restaurant
00:43:32to a culinary death match.
00:43:36Is this the culinary challenge?
00:43:38What is it?
00:43:39Tell us.
00:43:40Each side picks a chef
00:43:41and competes under the supervision
00:43:42of a certified judge.
00:43:43The losing restaurant
00:43:44has to shut down immediately
00:43:46and surrender
00:43:46its operating rights.
00:43:48He's not here to play nice.
00:43:49Relax, Rowan.
00:43:50I know people at your level
00:43:52probably don't even qualify
00:43:53for competitions like this.
00:43:55But don't worry.
00:43:56Everything is completely legal
00:43:58and above board.
00:43:59The woman standing beside me
00:44:00is Miss Mary,
00:44:01one of the top judges
00:44:02in international culinary competition.
00:44:05She'll be serving
00:44:05as the sole judge today.
00:44:07Her?
00:44:07Mr. Cyrus Porter,
00:44:09holder of an international
00:44:10culinary challenge license,
00:44:12formally challenges Vance Restaurant
00:44:13to a culinary showdown.
00:44:15Best two out of three rounds.
00:44:16If Vance Restaurant loses,
00:44:18it must immediately cease operations
00:44:20and transfer ownership rights.
00:44:22If Mr. Potter loses,
00:44:24he agrees never to set foot here again
00:44:26and to cease all interference
00:44:27with Vance Restaurant.
00:44:28All proceedings will follow
00:44:30international culinary competition regulations.
00:44:33Judging standards will be fully transparent
00:44:35and legally binding.
00:44:38Well, Rowan,
00:44:39do you have the guts to accept?
00:44:41See that?
00:44:42Both of Cyrus' chefs
00:44:43are wearing Michelin,
00:44:45three-star, and signi-piece.
00:44:46Exactly.
00:44:47Vance Restaurant only has Rowan.
00:44:49He's basically picking a fight
00:44:51because they don't have anyone else.
00:44:54The only reason the senator's kid
00:44:56ate that girl's garbage burger
00:44:58was because he'd never had
00:44:59cheap fast food before.
00:45:01It was a novelty.
00:45:02This time I've brought real chefs.
00:45:04Vance Restaurant doesn't stand a chance.
00:45:07This is ridiculous!
00:45:09You're forcing this on us!
00:45:10Of course.
00:45:11Your father is always free to refuse.
00:45:14You...
00:45:18Just turn it down, Aunt Elena.
00:45:21We can't win this.
00:45:23Rowan, maybe we should refuse.
00:45:25Your wrist is injured.
00:45:26Last time was already pushing it.
00:45:28How are you supposed to do this again?
00:45:30It's not that simple, Elena.
00:45:31He didn't come all this way
00:45:33with an entourage
00:45:33just to let us walk away.
00:45:35Three seconds remaining.
00:45:37If Vance Restaurant fails to respond,
00:45:39it will be recorded as a forfeit.
00:45:42Three...
00:45:44Two...
00:45:45Vance Restaurant accepts your challenge.
00:45:50How dare you accept a challenge
00:45:52on behalf of Vance Restaurant?
00:45:54What happens if we lose?
00:45:56Filthy piece of street trash.
00:45:58You're trying to drag Jasper's whole family
00:46:00down with you?
00:46:01Sage, please,
00:46:02don't make this any worse.
00:46:03I'm not making anything worse.
00:46:05If you accept the challenge,
00:46:07you might lose.
00:46:08But if you refuse it,
00:46:09you're guaranteed to lose.
00:46:11Oh, please.
00:46:12Spare us the theatrics.
00:46:14Sage, what are you talking about?
00:46:15This challenge is one of the most
00:46:17notorious competitions
00:46:18in the culinary world.
00:46:19They call it the Unrefusal Challenge.
00:46:21Once it's been formally issued,
00:46:23declining it counts as an automatic loss.
00:46:25You'd still be forced to shut down
00:46:26and surrender ownership.
00:46:28What?
00:46:28Is that true, Sage?
00:46:30Of course it is.
00:46:31Why do you think he was being so generous
00:46:32about letting you walk away?
00:46:33He was counting on you
00:46:35not knowing the rules,
00:46:36scare you with celebrity chefs,
00:46:37trick you into declining,
00:46:39and win by default.
00:46:40The young lady is correct.
00:46:42Mr. Potter informed me
00:46:43that your side was already familiar
00:46:44with the competition rules.
00:46:45In the interest of fairness,
00:46:47Mr. Potter is hereby issued
00:46:48a formal warning
00:46:49for that misrepresentation.
00:46:51So that's what this was?
00:46:52Unbelievable.
00:46:53That's absolutely shameless.
00:46:56You little brat.
00:46:58You just can't stop
00:46:59ruining my plans, can you?
00:47:01Who is this girl?
00:47:03How does she know
00:47:03these competitions so well?
00:47:05Wait, those eyes.
00:47:07Why do those eyes look so familiar?
00:47:11I've never met this girl before.
00:47:14So why does she feel so familiar?
00:47:17Vance Restaurant accepts the challenge.
00:47:20Very well.
00:47:22Since the challenge party has accepted,
00:47:25both sides are to send their chefs
00:47:27to the municipal dining hall
00:47:29tomorrow at 8 o'clock
00:47:32to ensure complete fairness
00:47:35and transparency.
00:47:36The entire competition
00:47:38will be broadcast live.
00:47:41Live streamed?
00:47:42My God!
00:47:44If they lose,
00:47:45the entire state will see it!
00:47:49Rowan,
00:47:49your wrist is injured.
00:47:51You can't compete.
00:47:52Who are we supposed to send?
00:47:54Let's get out of here.
00:47:56A live broadcast is no joke.
00:47:58One mistake,
00:47:58and it could hurt
00:47:59our restaurant's business.
00:47:59Mally!
00:48:02Could you compete
00:48:03in Rowan's place?
00:48:04You'll help us?
00:48:05Won't you?
00:48:06Oh, Elena,
00:48:07my hand's been acting up lately.
00:48:09I can barely hold a knife.
00:48:11Both of Vance Restaurant's
00:48:13chefs are injured.
00:48:14They don't even have
00:48:15anyone to compete.
00:48:16There's no way
00:48:17they can win.
00:48:18I'm sorry, Dad.
00:48:19If I hadn't insisted
00:48:21on studying business
00:48:23instead of learning
00:48:24your cooking,
00:48:25we wouldn't be
00:48:25in this position.
00:48:28Miss Sage,
00:48:29would you be willing
00:48:31to represent
00:48:31Vance Restaurant
00:48:32in the competition?
00:48:34Uncle Rowan,
00:48:35you can't be serious.
00:48:37You're asking her
00:48:38to represent
00:48:38Vance Restaurant?
00:48:40She's nothing
00:48:41but a street rat.
00:48:46Molly,
00:48:47Sage married
00:48:47into this family.
00:48:48That makes her part
00:48:50of Vance Restaurant.
00:48:51Of course she's
00:48:52eligible to compete.
00:48:53Unless,
00:48:54of course,
00:48:55your hand has
00:48:56suddenly recovered.
00:48:57This old man
00:48:57sure knows
00:48:58how to put people
00:48:59to work.
00:49:01She got the senator's
00:49:02son to eat.
00:49:03She knows the
00:49:04international competition
00:49:05circuit inside and out.
00:49:07Maybe,
00:49:07just maybe,
00:49:09she can beat Mark.
00:49:10No, Dad.
00:49:11Sage isn't doing this.
00:49:13Why not?
00:49:13Because Sage
00:49:14isn't really my fiancé.
00:49:16I hired her to pretend
00:49:17so you'd stop
00:49:18pressuring me
00:49:18to get married.
00:49:19What?
00:49:22Jasper,
00:49:23how could you
00:49:24do something like this?
00:49:25I'm sorry, Mom.
00:49:27Dad,
00:49:27I just wanted
00:49:28some control
00:49:29over my own life.
00:49:30But Sage
00:49:30didn't do anything wrong.
00:49:31She shouldn't
00:49:32get dragged into this.
00:49:33Here's the rest
00:49:34of what I owe you
00:49:36for the week.
00:49:36Just go.
00:49:38Stay out of this.
00:49:39Cyrus is gonna come
00:49:39after anyone involved.
00:49:41I knew I wasn't
00:49:42wrong about you.
00:49:43And for the record,
00:49:46I don't want your money.
00:49:48I wanna marry you
00:49:49for real.
00:49:51I'll represent
00:49:52the Vance family
00:49:53in the competition.
00:49:55We're in your hands now.
00:49:57No, Sage!
00:50:06Relax.
00:50:07If you wanna win,
00:50:09then I won't let you lose.
00:50:15It seems tomorrow's competition
00:50:17may not be as one-sided
00:50:19as I thought.
00:50:31You can stay in my room tonight.
00:50:35There aren't any spare rooms left.
00:50:37Don't worry.
00:50:37You take the bed.
00:50:40I'll sleep on the floor.
00:50:44Bathroom's right there.
00:50:46You can shower first.
00:50:47Oh.
00:50:48Okay.
00:50:55What's gotten into me?
00:50:57I've never been this nervous,
00:50:58even before a competition.
00:51:16Jasper!
00:51:19Are you out there?
00:51:20Are you out there?
00:51:30Sage, I brought you a towel.
00:51:47How much did you see?
00:51:49Not much.
00:51:51Just everything you didn't cover.
00:51:53Jasper.
00:51:55Relax.
00:51:56The culinary legend
00:51:57is the only woman for me.
00:51:59You don't have anything
00:52:00to worry about.
00:52:18Knock it off, Jasper.
00:52:20Stop thinking about it.
00:52:22You're in love with the culinary legend.
00:52:24You're in love with the culinary legend.
00:52:37Probably a blown circuit.
00:52:41Let me take a look.
00:52:44Sage?
00:52:46Sage, are you okay?
00:52:48I'm fine.
00:52:49I just don't like the dark.
00:52:51The dark?
00:52:52It's nothing.
00:52:53I've been like this since I was little.
00:52:55Just give me a minute.
00:52:56She must have suffered a lot
00:52:57living on the streets.
00:53:02It's okay.
00:53:03I'm here.
00:53:05Sage,
00:53:06I'll stay with you.
00:53:09He's the only one
00:53:10who's ever really stood up for me.
00:53:12It's him.
00:53:15Jasper.
00:53:21Tomorrow, I'll make sure you win.
00:53:26Winning doesn't matter.
00:53:28I'm just grateful you came into my life, Sage.
00:53:31Maybe...
00:53:37Maybe I've already fallen for you.
00:53:52Round one is about to begin.
00:53:55Both sides.
00:53:56Please choose your competing chef.
00:54:02So what have you accepted my challenge?
00:54:04My chefs are about to wipe the floor with you.
00:54:15That's Chef Mark.
00:54:16He's famous worldwide for his knife skills.
00:54:19Uncle Rowan,
00:54:20you seriously think that beggar can beat him?
00:54:24We're counting on you, kid.
00:54:33Round one, knife skills.
00:54:36Each chef will select a partner.
00:54:38Blindfolded,
00:54:39they will julienne a potato
00:54:40on their partner's abdomen.
00:54:42After five minutes,
00:54:43the chef with the finest,
00:54:45most uniform,
00:54:46and most precise cuts
00:54:47will be declared the winner.
00:54:58They're cutting potatoes
00:54:59on someone's stomach?
00:55:00Is this even a real competition?
00:55:04And blindfolded?
00:55:05One slip
00:55:07and somebody
00:55:08ends up bleeding
00:55:09all over the stage!
00:55:11No.
00:55:12It's actually a brilliantly designed challenge.
00:55:14It tests more than knife skills.
00:55:16It tests composure.
00:55:17The abdomen is soft
00:55:18sensitive
00:55:19and constantly moving
00:55:20with every breath.
00:55:22Blindfolded chefs
00:55:23are easily affected
00:55:24by that movement.
00:55:25They hesitate,
00:55:26their hands shake,
00:55:27or they run out of time
00:55:28to produce perfectly even,
00:55:30beautiful julies
00:55:31under those conditions.
00:55:32A chef's knife work
00:55:34has to reach
00:55:34the highest level
00:55:35where the chef
00:55:36and the blade
00:55:37become one.
00:55:38Chef Mark's knife skills
00:55:39are recognized
00:55:40worldwide as elite,
00:55:42but only one person
00:55:43has ever truly
00:55:45mastered that level.
00:55:46The legendary
00:55:47culinary legend.
00:55:49I just don't know
00:55:50whether Sage can win this.
00:55:53Arrogant little fool.
00:55:58You.
00:55:59Get up there
00:56:00and be Mark's partner.
00:56:01Boss, no.
00:56:02That's too dangerous.
00:56:03I have a wife and kids.
00:56:06Useless coward!
00:56:08Get up there
00:56:09or you're fired!
00:56:10I'll pay you triple!
00:56:32Sage, I'll be your partner.
00:56:34Jasper, no!
00:56:35It's too dangerous!
00:56:36One mistake
00:56:37could get you killed!
00:56:41I trust her.
00:56:54I'll keep my breathing steady.
00:56:56I won't throw you off.
00:56:59Relax.
00:57:01I won't let a cutting board
00:57:03this handsome
00:57:04get so much as a scratch.
00:57:15Begin!
00:57:25Oh, my God!
00:57:27He's so fast!
00:57:34I can barely see
00:57:35his hands moving!
00:57:37That's Chef Mark for you.
00:57:39He's practically
00:57:40a human potato slicing machine.
00:57:54He's so fast!
00:58:00He's so fast!
00:58:06Not a big deal!
00:58:10I'm so fast!
00:58:13What on earth is she doing?
00:58:15She's moving slower than a snail!
00:58:18Uncle Rowan, why would you send her up there?
00:58:20I told you, she's a nobody!
00:58:23Rowan, you shouldn't have trusted her.
00:58:26She's going to turn us into a laughing stock.
00:58:29Sage, don't worry about me.
00:58:30Speed up, the clock's running out.
00:58:33I'll keep my breathing steady.
00:58:34I won't interfere.
00:58:47This is unbelievable, Rowan!
00:58:50Did you send her out there because you've already accepted you're going to lose?
00:59:01No, that's not what's happening here.
00:59:08Is she an idiot?
00:59:12This round is about julienne cuts.
00:59:15Why is she turning in a whole potato?
00:59:18Miss, I don't think you understood the challenge.
00:59:22The potato was supposed to be cut into julienne strips.
00:59:27I know.
00:59:28The plate's simply too small for what I made.
00:59:32You've got to be kidding.
00:59:34How much space could one potato possibly take?
00:59:37Judge, I think we can declare a winner already.
00:59:42Oh my god.
00:59:44How did she do that?
00:59:59This...
01:00:00This is nothing short of a miracle.
01:00:03How could some nobody possibly have knife skills like that?
01:00:17Remarkable.
01:00:18Remarkable.
01:00:19Absolutely remarkable.
01:00:20This young lady used an exceptionally rare knife technique.
01:00:24Every cut was made at a perfectly measured interval, alternating angles with flawless precision.
01:00:30While never fully severing the potato, only cutting about three-quarters of the way through each time.
01:00:38That's how a single potato was transformed into a net of this scale.
01:00:43For this round, the winner is Vance Restaurant.
01:00:52We did it!
01:00:53We did it!
01:00:54Sage, you did it!
01:00:56You actually did it!
01:00:59Easy there.
01:01:03If anyone deserves credit, it's that ridiculously impressive cutting board of yours.
01:01:11You useless idiot!
01:01:14You lost to a woman?
01:01:15A homeless woman?
01:01:17No.
01:01:18That's impossible.
01:01:20I've only ever seen one chef use that knife technique.
01:01:24Who the hell are you?
01:01:28That was a fluke.
01:01:31Enjoy it while you can.
01:01:33In the next round, I'm going to crush you.
01:01:52Round two.
01:01:53Seafood cuisine.
01:01:54Both teams, please select your competing chef.
01:02:02I'll admit it.
01:02:03You've got some impressive knife skills.
01:02:05But from here on out, things won't be nearly so easy.
01:02:10No way.
01:02:11I'm not letting that homeless bum steal all the spotlight.
01:02:15Aunt Elena!
01:02:16I think my hand's feeling better.
01:02:18I can compete for Vance Restaurant.
01:02:20Really, Molly?
01:02:21That's wonderful!
01:02:22Molly, seafood is your thing.
01:02:23This is your round.
01:02:25Rowan, let Molly handle round two.
01:02:27She'll win this for us.
01:02:29But, Mom, you can't bench Sage after what she just did.
01:02:34That's not right.
01:02:35Jasper, be realistic.
01:02:36She's a nobody.
01:02:37This round is seafood.
01:02:38She's probably never seen half these ingredients before.
01:02:41Exactly.
01:02:42Sage may have great knife skills, but seafood cuisine is Molly's field.
01:02:45There's no comparison.
01:02:47Miss Sage, perhaps you should sit this round out?
01:02:49Dad!
01:02:50Mom!
01:02:50I don't mind.
01:02:52But, Molly, one piece of advice.
01:02:54That chef is far more dangerous than he looks.
01:02:56Be careful.
01:02:57Sage, spare me the warning.
01:02:59I graduated top of my class from the country's most prestigious culinary academy.
01:03:04I don't need lessons in confidence from you.
01:03:17Hey, Scarface.
01:03:19When it comes to cooking, nobody beats me.
01:03:22Get ready to lose.
01:03:23The second match is now beginning.
01:03:26When you're handling lobster, speed is everything.
01:03:30Crack the shell, extract the meat, move on.
01:03:33And don't forget to stop by my restaurant if you want to taste real cooking.
01:03:39That's going to bring in a flood of customers.
01:03:43Her knife skills are solid.
01:03:45Unfortunately, she's already lost.
01:03:47Sage, what do you mean by that?
01:03:50What are you talking about?
01:03:52This match could decide whether Vance Restaurant survives and you're standing here predicting we'll lose?
01:03:58She's just upset Molly stole the spotlight.
01:04:01This is nothing but a cry for attention.
01:04:03Miss Sage, why are you so certain Molly will lose?
01:04:05That's a live lobster.
01:04:07Rule number one, never smash the head.
01:04:09The brain, digestive tract, and bitter glands are all connected there.
01:04:13The moment you crush it, those glands rupture and contaminate the meat.
01:04:17Bitter fluid seep straight into the flesh.
01:04:19Once that happens, the flavor is ruined at the source.
01:04:22No chef can save it.
01:04:23And when you force apart a live lobster like that, the muscle fibers seize up instantly.
01:04:29The meat turns tough, the sweetness disappears, and the texture is ruined.
01:04:32She was so focused on speed that she destroyed the ingredient itself.
01:04:36How could she possibly win?
01:04:38But soup food is all about preserving the natural flavor.
01:04:41Doesn't that mean Molly has already lost?
01:04:44Shut up, street trash.
01:04:46You've probably never even touched real seed before.
01:04:49You're just making this up.
01:04:50Exactly.
01:04:51She's just jealous Molly's getting all the attention.
01:04:54Aunt Elena, don't let her fool you.
01:04:56Show some respect.
01:04:58Miss Sage, then what would the proper technique be?
01:05:00First, you gently press the head to calm the lobster's nervous system.
01:05:04Then you insert a skewer through the tail to drain it cleanly without disturbing the bitter glands.
01:05:09Just like that chef is doing.
01:05:15He's actually massaging the lobster!
01:05:17Then you separate the head and body with a clean cut at the joint.
01:05:21Remove the shell without tearing the meat.
01:05:23Preserve the texture.
01:05:24Preserve the sweetness.
01:05:25That's the most basic respect you can show the ingredients.
01:05:28Damn it!
01:05:29Molly's about to ring in!
01:05:38You mishandled the lobster.
01:05:40Start over with a fresh one while you still have time.
01:05:44Sage's giving me cooking advice now?
01:05:46What a pathetic little know-it-all.
01:05:53Hope you're ready to lose.
01:05:55Hmph.
01:06:07Rowan, tonight is the night your family loses everything.
01:06:15Dirty trick.
01:06:22Sage!
01:06:24What the hell are you doing?
01:06:27You ruined my dish!
01:06:29That little brat just ruined everything!
01:06:37Wait.
01:06:39What's in this?
01:06:40What a shame.
01:06:41Vance Restaurant already rang in, which means the dish cannot be remade.
01:06:45Round two goes to Cyrus' team.
01:06:47Vance Restaurant loses this round.
01:06:51Congratulations, Chef Ken!
01:06:52This is all your fault!
01:06:54You ruined everything!
01:06:56My reputation, my restaurant, everything!
01:06:59I was trying to help you.
01:07:01Still making excuses?
01:07:03You sabotaged Molly because you knew she was about to prove you wrong!
01:07:08You couldn't stand seeing her win!
01:07:18What exactly do you think you're doing to my wife?
01:07:23Jasper, what are you doing?
01:07:25Ben is family!
01:07:26You're turning on him for a bum?
01:07:27Sage is my wife.
01:07:29No one lays a hand on my wife.
01:07:31No one.
01:07:33Aunt Elena?
01:07:34She's completely gotten into his head.
01:07:36Jasper, let him go!
01:07:42Rowan, have you finally gone senile?
01:07:44The culinary world belongs to men.
01:07:47And you think two women are going to win a death match?
01:07:49Women shouldn't be competing.
01:07:51They should be washing dishes in the back.
01:07:54Didn't your mother bring you into this world?
01:07:56Wasn't your first meal fed to you by a woman?
01:07:59Or did you somehow raise yourself?
01:08:02You!
01:08:05Clever mouth.
01:08:06Shame that doesn't win competitions.
01:08:09My Trump ball is about to walk through that door, and when he does, this match is over.
01:08:14And once I acquire Vance Restaurant, I'll tear it down brick by brick and erase it from history.
01:08:20Rowan, your grandfather built this restaurant.
01:08:23We can't lose it.
01:08:26This round would have been ours if not for that bum.
01:08:29Uncle Rowan, let me take the final round.
01:08:31I swear I'll give it everything I've got.
01:08:45Sage, thank you.
01:08:46Molly's dish was already compromised, and someone tampered with it on top of that.
01:08:51If the judges had eaten it, and the substance had been discovered, Vance Restaurant had been finished.
01:08:56You saved us.
01:08:57Don't mention it.
01:08:58Anyone would have done the same.
01:09:00Round three is about to begin.
01:09:02Who will each side be sending in?
01:09:17That's Chef Lucas.
01:09:19The five-time runner-up of the World Caleri Championship.
01:09:27Well, that's a familiar face.
01:09:30We're finished.
01:09:30That's Chef Lucas.
01:09:31No one's ever beaten him, except the culinary legend herself.
01:09:36No.
01:09:37If I go up against him, I'll lose.
01:09:39I forfeit.
01:09:41Molly, if you won't compete, then who will represent Vance Restaurant?
01:09:45Aunt Elena, this is your family's problem.
01:09:46I'm not throwing myself into a match.
01:09:48I can't win.
01:09:49The Vance family's finished.
01:09:51Unless they somehow bring in the culinary legend, nobody's beating Lucas.
01:09:54And that's obviously not happening.
01:10:10Rowan, Molly won't compete.
01:10:13We don't have anyone left.
01:10:15Uncle Rowan, it's not that we don't want to help.
01:10:18You have no idea how terrifying Lucas is.
01:10:20This match is unwinnable.
01:10:22Just concede.
01:10:27Miss Sage, as the owner of Vance Restaurant, I'm asking you sincerely to represent us one more time.
01:10:35Please.
01:10:39Uncle Rowan, you're actually letting her compete?
01:10:42Have you lost your mind?
01:10:43She's a homeless loser who got lucky.
01:10:45There's no way her cooking is anywhere near Molly's level.
01:10:49Rowan, this is Vance Restaurant's last chance.
01:10:51Are you really putting everything on her?
01:10:53No.
01:10:54I think she may be the only chance we have.
01:10:57You're giving her way too much credit.
01:11:01She's a homeless loser!
01:11:04That's enough!
01:11:06Let me make this perfectly clear for the last time.
01:11:09Sage is my wife.
01:11:10No one gets to insult her.
01:11:12No one gets to look down on her.
01:11:15Sage, I don't care what anyone else says.
01:11:17This is your choice.
01:11:19If you want to compete, I'll stand beside you.
01:11:21If you don't, we'll leave right now.
01:11:23And don't worry about the restaurant.
01:11:25Even if we lose the restaurant, I'll open another one somewhere else.
01:11:28We'll start over if we have to.
01:11:31I told you before, I'm going to win this for you.
01:11:35Then I accept your request.
01:11:44Well, look who's here.
01:11:46You should consider it an honor to lose to me.
01:11:49Before today, someone like you would never have been worthy of standing across from me.
01:11:54You're mistaken.
01:11:55I'm not your opponent.
01:11:57It's her.
01:12:02Her aura reminds me of...
01:12:05But that's impossible.
01:12:07It can't be her.
01:12:08It can't be that monster.
01:12:13Since both sides have selected their competing chefs, the time has come.
01:12:19Let the third round begin!
01:12:30Welcome, everyone, to the moment you've all been waiting for.
01:12:34Round three, the final round that will decide the outcome of the Vance Restaurant
01:12:39versus Cyrus Potter Culinary Deathmatch!
01:12:44And now the format for our final round is Mystery Basket.
01:12:48Each chef will draw a set of ingredients from the box.
01:12:50You'll then have 30 minutes to create a dish on the spot.
01:12:54No substitutions, no redraws, and every ingredient you draw must be used.
01:13:00Mystery Basket?
01:13:02That's the ultimate challenge!
01:13:04The hardest format in competitive cuisines!
01:13:07Why is it considered the hardest?
01:13:09Because the chef's going completely blind.
01:13:11Wellington, soufflés, those can be practiced hundreds of times.
01:13:14Mystery Basket can't.
01:13:15It's pure instinct, pure technique, pure talent.
01:13:18Uncle Roe!
01:13:19Lucas has competed in this format five times.
01:13:23He knows Mystery Basket inside and out.
01:13:26Sage barely knows any dishes.
01:13:28You shouldn't have chosen her!
01:13:30So she's just some amateur cook.
01:13:32How did I ever mistake her for that woman?
01:13:36She's definitely gonna lose.
01:13:39You should be honored, kid.
01:13:41Losing to me is the highlight of your career.
01:13:44Is that so?
01:13:47Chefs, please make your draw.
01:14:02Chef Lucas has drawn squid, bell peppers, onion, and fresh asparagus.
01:14:08Congratulations, Chef Lucas.
01:14:11Beautiful draw, Lucas.
01:14:13What a lucky break.
01:14:14That's practically the perfect basket.
01:14:17Luck is part of the game, kid.
01:14:19If I were you, I'd wash my hands before drawing.
01:14:21Get rid of some of that bad luck.
01:14:23Otherwise, when you pull a nightmare basket, don't accuse me of picking on the weak.
01:14:36Oh, my.
01:14:38Our second basket contains live Boston lobster, blue cheese, durian, dagelial greens, and arugula.
01:14:46Oh, she's finished.
01:14:47That's gotta be the worst mystery basket drive ever seen.
01:14:51Those ingredients don't even belong in the same dish.
01:14:53Boston lobster is one of the finest seafood ingredients in the world.
01:14:57Pairing it with pungent blue cheese and rich sweet durian creates a complete flavor clash.
01:15:02Sage has been handed an impossible challenge.
01:15:05Rowan, you can still surrender gracefully.
01:15:07Otherwise, you're about to watch that little streetcrat humiliate herself in front of the entire room.
01:15:13Sage, I believe in you!
01:15:15You can do this!
01:15:31I know exactly what I'm making.
01:15:33Why did she just do that?
01:15:36That's exactly what she used to do.
01:15:39That woman.
01:15:41The one who crushed me.
01:15:42Every single time.
01:15:44No matter how hard I fought.
01:15:47Time starts now.
01:15:49Chefs, you may begin.
01:15:57It can't be her.
01:15:58Not here.
01:15:59Not like this.
01:16:01I'm letting old ghosts get in my head.
01:16:04I'm letting old ghosts get in my head.
01:16:29No wonder he's a five-time world championship runner-up.
01:16:33This round's already over.
01:16:35The Vance's don't stand a chance.
01:16:43Superb knife work, elegant presentation, and the flavor is absolutely flawless.
01:16:48Those ingredients fight each other at every level.
01:16:51The flavors are completely incompatible.
01:16:54No chef alive can make that basket work.
01:16:57You've already lost.
01:16:58Lucas is already finished.
01:16:59Why hasn't she even started cooking?
01:17:01Don't tell me she gave up the second she saw that basket.
01:17:04I said from day one she's bad luck.
01:17:05She sabotaged Molly's dish on purpose.
01:17:07She wants Vance Restaurant to lose.
01:17:09You humiliated me in front of everyone.
01:17:11Now let's see how you handle a basket like that.
01:17:23One cut and the shell separated perfectly from the meat.
01:17:26How is that even possible?
01:18:04How is that even possible?
01:18:09The blue flame technique?
01:18:11That's the culinary legend's signature technique.
01:18:14How do you know it?
01:18:21Absolutely incredible.
01:18:22Every ingredient's natural sweetness has been preserved to perfection.
01:18:27The flavors that should have clashed somehow bring out the very best in one another.
01:18:32This isn't just a great dish.
01:18:33It's a masterpiece.
01:18:37Oh my god!
01:18:40Oh my god!
01:18:41It just got called a masterpiece!
01:18:43Now I want to taste it too!
01:18:47Vance Restaurant wins!
01:18:49Mr. Cyrus' quarter side has been defeated!
01:18:54No.
01:18:55No way!
01:18:58Lucas has never lost to anyone except the culinary legend!
01:19:03There are no inferior ingredients, only inferior chefs.
01:19:08Anyone who looks down on their ingredients, disrespects their opponents, or cheats their way to victory,
01:19:15will never reach culinary greatness.
01:19:21Anyone who looks down on their ingredients, who will stoop to dirty tricks for the sake of victory, will never
01:19:30reach the pinnacle of this craft.
01:19:37It was you, the culinary legend, it really was you!
01:19:46Sage, is the culinary legend?
01:19:56The culinary legend always wore a golden mask, she's never revealed her identity before!
01:20:00We're actually seeing her face!
01:20:03Culinary legend!
01:20:04I'm your biggest fan!
01:20:06I love you!
01:20:08Sage, is the culinary legend.
01:20:11The woman I fell in love with, was her all along.
01:20:17No, she can't be the culinary legend!
01:20:21She's tricked all of you!
01:20:23She's fooling you!
01:20:25Back in middle school, she survived on my charity!
01:20:28She's not the culinary legend!
01:20:30Tell them you're a fraud.
01:20:33Tell them you're nothing but a beggar!
01:20:36You could never be better than me!
01:20:39Molly, the beggar act was simply a way to find someone worthy.
01:20:43Someone with character I could support.
01:20:45And help build into a great restauratorian.
01:20:47And everything you've received over the years, I gave it to you.
01:20:50Out of gratitude for the kindness you once showed me.
01:20:53That's bullshit!
01:20:55Everything I have, I earned myself!
01:20:57You didn't give me anything!
01:21:00Is that what you really believe?
01:21:01Enough with the lies!
01:21:03Molly, your restaurant was funded by an investor.
01:21:06Call him right now and let him expose this fraud.
01:21:08Exactly.
01:21:11I'll call him right now.
01:21:21Tom, there's some con artist here claiming she's the one who funded my restaurant.
01:21:26Get over here and expose her!
01:21:29What?
01:21:29Somebody's pretending to be me?
01:21:31I'm coming right now!
01:21:33I'll tear them apart!
01:21:36You're finished, you filthy piece of garbage.
01:21:39My investor Tom works for the culinary legend himself.
01:21:43Once he gets here, he's going to expose you for the fraud you are.
01:21:48Nobody lays a finger on Sage while I'm standing here.
01:21:51Relax.
01:21:52She can't do a thing to me.
01:21:54Smile while you can.
01:21:55Today, in front of every camera in this state, I'm going to expose you for the attention-hungering fraud you
01:22:01really are!
01:22:03You've always been beneath me, Sage.
01:22:05And you always will be.
01:22:13Where is this fake?
01:22:15Show yourself!
01:22:17Tom, that's her!
01:22:27The culinary legend?
01:22:31Tom!
01:22:32What are you talking about?
01:22:34She can't be the culinary legend!
01:22:36You've got the wrong person.
01:22:38She's a nobody!
01:22:44Both of you, shut up!
01:22:46You almost got me killed!
01:22:51If the culinary legend hadn't paid for me to send you to culinary school, you'd be the one begging on
01:22:57the street.
01:22:58That restaurant of yours exists because she secretly fun-danced it.
01:23:03She did it to repay the kindness you once showed her in school.
01:23:08And now you're standing here, insulting her!
01:23:15No, it can't be.
01:23:22Boss, we've finished tracing the financial records from Molly's restaurant.
01:23:31Molly, I helped you because I owed you one.
01:23:34And because I saw good in you.
01:23:36But somewhere along the way, you became totally consumed by profit.
01:23:39You've been serving your customers inferior food and cutting every corner you could.
01:23:44A restaurant owner without integrity has no business running a restaurant.
01:23:57No!
01:23:58Sage!
01:23:59You can't do this to me!
01:24:01Sage!
01:24:02I was wrong!
01:24:03I never should have dumped you because you were poor!
01:24:06Please!
01:24:08Let's start over!
01:24:14Sage, I don't care whether you're the culinary legend or a nobody.
01:24:19You're my wife.
01:24:22And you're absolutely not getting back together with him.
01:24:25Jasper.
01:24:26Hmm?
01:24:27How are you this adorable?
01:24:38I owe Sage an apology.
01:24:41I judged her by appearances.
01:24:43What truly matters isn't what someone looks like.
01:24:46It's the goodness in their heart.
01:24:54Mr. Cyrus, under the terms of the death match, you're required to transfer the pledged steak,
01:25:0150% of your assets, to Vance Restaurant.
01:25:06And according to the security footage, both you and Chef Lucas committed multiple competition
01:25:13violations.
01:25:13On behalf of the International Culinary Investigation Board, you'll be coming with me.
01:25:23I love you, Sage.
01:25:25No matter who you are.
01:25:28I love you, too.
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