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  • It's the day of the cooking competition with McDonnell on my tie television debut, the medallion crew are setting up in a district called Bang Long on the outskirts of Bangkok.

  • A week ago, I could only cook a pad Thai.

  • Today I'm putting my neck on the line and taking on Thailand's top chef.

  • I've been told to show up on set at 10 a.m. On the dot So they got How are you?

  • Good to see.

  • Hi, I'm Gordon Pie.

  • So where is it that late in the day?

  • What does he like when he arrives on set?

  • First?

  • What?

  • Supposing he has a cold towel find his own place, making up to do all that makeup?

  • Well, it's TV show.

  • It's Thailand TV show.

  • We always do bless.

  • Look, I love Mom.

  • Who?

  • All the judges.

  • One is MK Dang Father Dan's point famous.

  • He's like a Thailand Mitchell guy.

  • Deng's father?

  • Yes, there's a famous food critic.

  • Yes, E.

  • I don't think orders nervous.

  • One likes competition.

  • Dammit, I'm gonna really enjoy doing this because he's so cocky.

  • And I'm really cocky too.

  • It is good of you five Really, really fun here.

  • Come on, look, Danquah McDonough and I have agreed to cook three dishes each at soup, a stir fry and a curry there.

  • We blind tasted lucky for me.

  • My Dang's dad will be joined in the judging by two other top food critics.

  • He's here.

  • He's arrived.

  • I've known him.

  • He's probably making or something.

  • I don't have to win.

  • I know.

  • I already were one.

  • I'm not trained as a Thai chef, But what I've learned the last week has been phenomenal.

  • Great insight and nothing really posh, Which is nice.

  • But the real scary thing for me today is that it's not just about cooking up against the back.

  • Dang trying to entertain those food critics.

  • The whole of Thailand's watching.

  • Hey, look who's here.

  • Thio.

  • Thank you.

  • What an amazing week on this team of chefs have only shifts on the side.

  • Those of my staff, I have five of them.

  • So do you want to start right away?

  • Well, yes.

  • Okay.

  • Okay.

  • Are you ready?

  • No, no, no.

  • I always wanted to see me.

  • Oh, come on.

  • Honestly, look, It's no fucking movies, huh?

  • Is okay.

  • Persimmon pumps Celebrity P said Miley Hima Ma'm, Let's get you home.

  • A chef, Gordon Ramsay.

  • So what do you say?

  • So what?

  • D cup.

  • Oh, good.

  • We're going to cook three dishes.

  • Yes, I'm on my Jack Jones as well.

  • I got nobody people to help him all ready to go?

  • Yes.

  • Okay.

  • Right.

  • Good luck, by the way.

  • Excuse me.

  • So I could just say for me because I'm feeling a bit homesick.

  • Ready?

  • Steady cook when you're ready.

  • Just what?

  • Are you ready?

  • Yes.

  • Ready?

  • Steady cook Excess.

  • I'm starting with my version of gang Hung LEH, The northern port curry.

  • First up the paste.

  • So garlic salt.

  • Chill it with lemon grass in there.

  • But your pacemaker course.

  • Oh, come on.

  • One in Thailand.

  • What have all that top spend all that time doing it?

  • It has to come out looking like this.

  • I take it with you.

  • See you next week.

  • See next week.

  • Take a hell of a long time to do it.

  • I'm flying off the paste just like the Southern Queen missing the road showed me then The port goes in which have dusted with cinnamon for an extra layer of spice.

  • Then a matting fish source for saltiness, cane sugar for sweetness and some dark soy for color.

  • You just like your fingers in my dish.

  • Would you like me to, uh, must have your face?

  • You're sweating like crazy Like a swim.

  • No, you gotta be down that you What do you think?

  • Your fingers in my fucking walk again?

  • Yes.

  • Believable.

  • Mok Dan's army of assistance have done so much prep.

  • He's racing ahead with pork and green banana curry Good.

  • If it I'm taking this fucking seriously.

  • I know it may be in the center of Thailand I have got a hope in hell of winning But Braveheart we're gonna go down, We go down in style Brave words when you look at what I'm up against What?

  • What?

  • Unbelievable.

  • So I don't do a thing.

  • I just cook while my car is cooking I really need to bang bang the spices for my sudden style suit Thompson tell a like a really nice fragrant concert suit, but taken from the southern style with lots of fish, squid, shrimp, oysters as well, which is nice going back to the dive.

  • Just as I start to get excited about my prospects.

  • There's a hitch with my Hung LEH Curry just core at the bottom, so it just tastes a little bit burnt down.

  • Down, down, down, down.

  • Shit.

  • But it's too late to do anything but Dan's father.

  • Another two judges are here.

  • My father is probably the most famous man about food in Thailand, Sir.

  • He knows you.

  • So you are somebody human in Thailand.

  • The clock's ticking down.

  • The judges are waiting.

  • McDonald's all done.

  • I've left my chicken stir fry to the last minute.

  • I don't want chicken to bowl full of engine that now it's gonna boil.

  • I want every night.

  • Five flavor.

  • I'm finishing it off with a fried quail's egg.

  • Are you ready?

  • Yes, I am.

  • All right.

  • Our dishes are going to the judge's table.

  • They won't know whose is whose.

  • But they'll decide if I've done enough to win them over and beat my dang make you very, very much.

  • Jesus Christ, that was I'm not sure if I want to know what they're saying about my food.

  • Do you want to go over there?

  • No, no, no.

  • Never, Never, Never, ever.

  • Great table food critic.

  • You always come back to bite you on the ass.

  • A good test.

  • I like the idea of the fried bacon fried egg on top.

  • Finally, the results delivered course by course.

  • Accent.

  • How much crap So long that happen, Nick up and judges ready, Cook.

  • So look, Dang, hurry, Hurry.

  • Borden's Yeah.

  • Seriously.

  • Stuff, Fry.

  • No favorite has a rule.

  • My knee high 10 0 thank you very much.

  • Thank you.

  • Thailand has been the final stop on my Southeast Asian Odyssey.

  • I'm thrilled it's ended on a high end result was good as please beat him on one dish.

  • This has been a big eye opener.

  • I loved every minute of it.

  • I've had the adventure of a lifetime.

It's the day of the cooking competition with McDonnell on my tie television debut, the medallion crew are setting up in a district called Bang Long on the outskirts of Bangkok.

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