WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:02.071 - Welcome to Mom vs. Chef. 00:00:02.071 --> 00:00:03.628 A competition where a professional chef 00:00:03.628 --> 00:00:06.589 and a mom cook head-to-head, preparing the best dish 00:00:06.589 --> 00:00:08.818 possible with one super ingredient. 00:00:08.818 --> 00:00:12.025 (upbeat rock music) 00:00:12.025 --> 00:00:14.064 Our first competitor is Hannah WIlliams. 00:00:14.064 --> 00:00:16.205 - I'm Hannah, I'm a mother of two. 00:00:16.205 --> 00:00:18.135 I have a three-year-old and a ten-month-old, 00:00:18.135 --> 00:00:20.542 and I'm a home cook, I've been cooking my whole life, 00:00:20.542 --> 00:00:22.527 but I've never taken a cooking class. 00:00:22.527 --> 00:00:24.442 I used to check out recipe books 00:00:24.442 --> 00:00:26.603 from the library and bookmark them, 00:00:26.603 --> 00:00:29.424 do my nighttime reading, so I'm hoping 00:00:29.424 --> 00:00:31.531 that that helps me out in this competition. 00:00:31.531 --> 00:00:32.940 I really wanna win today 00:00:32.940 --> 00:00:35.032 because I want to make my kids proud. 00:00:35.032 --> 00:00:36.719 When I left the house this morning, 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:39.945 my three-year-old told me that I was a very good cookie 00:00:39.945 --> 00:00:42.519 and I think that meant "cook." 00:00:42.519 --> 00:00:43.859 He might of just meant "cookie" 00:00:43.859 --> 00:00:45.930 but if I can come home and tell him that I cooked 00:00:45.930 --> 00:00:48.178 something delicious, he's gonna be so proud of me. 00:00:48.178 --> 00:00:49.711 - And competing against Hannah 00:00:49.711 --> 00:00:52.739 is Professional Chef Steven Fretz. 00:00:52.739 --> 00:00:53.819 - What's up, guys? 00:00:53.819 --> 00:00:56.362 I'm Chef Steven Fretz, I'm executive chef managing partner 00:00:56.362 --> 00:00:58.732 of The Church Key here in Los Angeles, California. 00:00:58.732 --> 00:01:01.099 I've been cooking something like 21 years. 00:01:01.099 --> 00:01:03.503 I come from a higher-end background. 00:01:03.503 --> 00:01:05.661 We take on the world cuisine, which we bring 00:01:05.661 --> 00:01:08.098 to America and call it modern American cuisine. 00:01:08.098 --> 00:01:10.398 I have nine nieces and nephews, I feel like 00:01:10.398 --> 00:01:12.882 I have some sort of ability to cook for children. 00:01:12.882 --> 00:01:15.067 What would winning Mom vs. Chef mean to me? 00:01:15.067 --> 00:01:17.747 Well, bragging rights with my three older sisters, right? 00:01:17.747 --> 00:01:19.418 - Welcome, Hannah, Chef Steven. 00:01:19.418 --> 00:01:20.581 Today you're gonna be competing 00:01:20.581 --> 00:01:23.598 to make the tastiest dish featuring one secret ingredient. 00:01:23.598 --> 00:01:25.339 Let me introduce you to our panel of judges. 00:01:25.339 --> 00:01:26.881 - Hi, I'm Kai and I'm six years 00:01:26.881 --> 00:01:28.910 old and I like playing my drums. 00:01:28.910 --> 00:01:32.410 - I'm Justin and I'm nine years old and I like to do acting. 00:01:32.410 --> 00:01:34.257 - And your final judge is me. 00:01:34.257 --> 00:01:38.211 I'm Andrew, I'm 25 years old, and I like race cars. 00:01:38.211 --> 00:01:39.444 So I think it's time to find out 00:01:39.444 --> 00:01:41.011 what the secret ingredient is. 00:01:41.011 --> 00:01:42.440 So Chefs, whatever you cook today 00:01:42.440 --> 00:01:44.417 has to incorporate this secret ingredient. 00:01:44.417 --> 00:01:45.801 It is not going to be easy. 00:01:45.801 --> 00:01:48.048 Justin, will you do the honors, please? 00:01:48.048 --> 00:01:49.825 (suspenseful orchestral music) 00:01:49.825 --> 00:01:51.199 (groans) 00:01:51.199 --> 00:01:52.366 Guys know what this is? 00:01:52.366 --> 00:01:53.654 - It looks like horse poop. 00:01:53.654 --> 00:01:56.997 - So, chefs, today your secret ingredient is spinach. 00:01:56.997 --> 00:01:58.670 - I was hopin' not to get something green 00:01:58.670 --> 00:02:00.798 like broccoli or spinach or something like that. 00:02:00.798 --> 00:02:02.205 - Hannah, how do you feel about spinach? 00:02:02.205 --> 00:02:03.685 - Well, I've never met a kid who likes it. 00:02:03.685 --> 00:02:06.134 - Oh gosh, I don't want that. 00:02:06.134 --> 00:02:06.837 (hums) 00:02:06.837 --> 00:02:08.874 Chefs, you have 30 minutes to cook your food. 00:02:08.874 --> 00:02:10.372 - And your time starts. 00:02:10.372 --> 00:02:11.207 - Now. 00:02:11.207 --> 00:02:12.025 - Okay. 00:02:12.025 --> 00:02:13.403 - Spinach is one of the hardest things 00:02:13.403 --> 00:02:15.770 to get into a child, so I'm thinking, 00:02:15.770 --> 00:02:18.207 "How can I incorporate this green color?" 00:02:18.207 --> 00:02:20.263 My mind immediately goes to one 00:02:20.263 --> 00:02:22.702 of my son's obsessions, which is Minecraft. 00:02:22.702 --> 00:02:25.191 So I'm gonna make green Creeper Minecraft pancakes 00:02:25.191 --> 00:02:28.256 with an egg frittata that is also green 00:02:28.256 --> 00:02:29.684 and I'm gonna turn that into a 00:02:29.684 --> 00:02:32.506 pixelated tree with a bacon trunk. 00:02:32.506 --> 00:02:34.335 - I've never put spinach in a kid dish. 00:02:34.335 --> 00:02:36.267 Generally at the restaurant the big faux pas 00:02:36.267 --> 00:02:38.513 is putting anything green on the dish. 00:02:38.513 --> 00:02:40.432 So what I think I'm gonna do is I think I'm gonna go 00:02:40.432 --> 00:02:42.867 with something cheesy like a cheesy alfredo sauce. 00:02:42.867 --> 00:02:45.136 Kids love cheesy, they love pasta, 00:02:45.136 --> 00:02:47.738 and I think it's a good way to hide the spinach, right? 00:02:47.738 --> 00:02:50.807 - So I get my eggs in, I get about a cup of spinach in, 00:02:50.807 --> 00:02:52.062 and I get a little bit of milk. 00:02:52.062 --> 00:02:53.297 This is gonna be for the frittata, 00:02:53.297 --> 00:02:55.700 and I blend the crud out of it until you 00:02:55.700 --> 00:02:57.503 can't really see the spinach is in there. 00:02:57.503 --> 00:03:00.323 Hoping that I didn't overblend it and this foam goes down. 00:03:00.323 --> 00:03:03.258 If it doesn't I'm just gonna have to scrap this whole idea. 00:03:03.258 --> 00:03:04.338 - We'll probably just start off 00:03:04.338 --> 00:03:06.673 with sauteing the onions and some garlic. 00:03:06.673 --> 00:03:07.821 I don't know if kids like garlic 00:03:07.821 --> 00:03:08.865 but they're about to get some. 00:03:08.865 --> 00:03:11.268 Reduce that down with a little bit of chicken stock. 00:03:11.268 --> 00:03:13.306 I think I found some cream and we'll 00:03:13.306 --> 00:03:14.838 just mount that with some cheese. 00:03:14.838 --> 00:03:16.876 Cut it with some acid from some lemon, 00:03:16.876 --> 00:03:19.453 and then hopefully we'll be able to disguise 00:03:19.453 --> 00:03:21.803 the spinach the way we need to for the kids. 00:03:21.803 --> 00:03:23.563 All right, I'm gonna have a drink of water. 00:03:23.563 --> 00:03:25.722 - So the pancakes come off, taste them, 00:03:25.722 --> 00:03:27.741 it's a really overpowering taste of spinach 00:03:27.741 --> 00:03:29.711 and it's not supposed to taste that way, 00:03:29.711 --> 00:03:32.862 and I'm hoping that the judges are not gonna notice. 00:03:32.862 --> 00:03:33.942 - Hey, Chefs. 00:03:33.942 --> 00:03:36.828 - You have 15 minutes left, so hurry up. 00:03:36.828 --> 00:03:37.580 - [Steven] Uh oh. 00:03:37.580 --> 00:03:39.624 - [Hannah] I'm just starting. 00:03:39.624 --> 00:03:40.983 - How does that taste? 00:03:40.983 --> 00:03:41.702 (spits) 00:03:41.702 --> 00:03:42.970 - So what's your favorite food? 00:03:42.970 --> 00:03:45.180 - Pasta, salmon, broccoli. 00:03:45.180 --> 00:03:47.198 - I think my favorite food is steak. 00:03:47.198 --> 00:03:48.160 - Oh, I love steak. 00:03:48.160 --> 00:03:49.359 - So I'm lookin' over at Hannah 00:03:49.359 --> 00:03:52.407 and I notice she had kids and she understands the mindset 00:03:52.407 --> 00:03:56.639 of kids and she's putting together this puzzle of a dish. 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:59.981 I thought to myself, "This is actually really smart." 00:03:59.981 --> 00:04:02.137 - I hope that they can translate this 00:04:02.137 --> 00:04:04.899 as the tree trunk because this is all banking 00:04:04.899 --> 00:04:08.133 on the fact that these kids know what Minecraft is. 00:04:08.133 --> 00:04:10.029 Now, for the face on this pancake, 00:04:10.029 --> 00:04:12.694 I usually use blueberries to make a face. 00:04:12.694 --> 00:04:14.445 I go to the pantry and I don't see 'em. 00:04:14.445 --> 00:04:15.613 So I grab the chocolate chips. 00:04:15.613 --> 00:04:17.598 They're super hard, I hope that the pancake 00:04:17.598 --> 00:04:19.758 is warm enough to melt it a little bit. 00:04:19.758 --> 00:04:21.894 I'm just all over the place at this point 00:04:21.894 --> 00:04:23.676 but it's too late to change my mind. 00:04:23.676 --> 00:04:25.173 - As I'm making my dish, I do think 00:04:25.173 --> 00:04:26.983 that the kids are gonna enjoy my dish. 00:04:26.983 --> 00:04:28.920 I'm feeling fairly confident that 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:30.864 I might have this under control. 00:04:30.864 --> 00:04:31.754 What's up, Kai? 00:04:31.754 --> 00:04:32.731 - What are you making? 00:04:32.731 --> 00:04:35.464 - I'm making a pasta Alfredo sauce with bacon. 00:04:35.464 --> 00:04:36.382 We're gonna have spinach. 00:04:36.382 --> 00:04:37.118 - I knew it. 00:04:37.118 --> 00:04:38.251 - [Steven] And little bit of lemon 00:04:38.251 --> 00:04:39.868 and Parmesan cheese. - [Kai] I was smelling bacon 00:04:39.868 --> 00:04:40.579 over there. 00:04:40.579 --> 00:04:41.357 - [Steven] Yeah, right? 00:04:41.357 --> 00:04:42.707 I love bacon, I put bacon on everything. 00:04:42.707 --> 00:04:43.436 - Thanks, Chef. 00:04:43.436 --> 00:04:45.085 - [Steven] You're welcome. - [Andrew] Hey, Hannah. 00:04:45.085 --> 00:04:45.905 - [Hannah] Hey. 00:04:45.905 --> 00:04:46.605 - How's it goin'? 00:04:46.605 --> 00:04:50.319 - I'm not quite sure what boys this age are into, 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:52.270 but I've heard a lot about Minecraft. 00:04:52.270 --> 00:04:55.090 - You know, I don't really know that much about Minecraft, 00:04:55.090 --> 00:04:56.797 so I feel like you shoulda catered 00:04:56.797 --> 00:04:58.172 toward my likes a little more. 00:04:58.172 --> 00:05:01.271 - I feel like you can appreciate themes. 00:05:01.271 --> 00:05:02.369 - We'll see if it works. 00:05:02.369 --> 00:05:03.140 (chuckles) 00:05:03.140 --> 00:05:03.946 - Hey, Chef. 00:05:03.946 --> 00:05:04.979 - You have five minutes left. 00:05:04.979 --> 00:05:06.339 - Oh boy, I better start plating. 00:05:06.339 --> 00:05:07.262 - Start wrappin' up. 00:05:07.262 --> 00:05:09.248 - While I'm cooking, I'm thinking about my kids, 00:05:09.248 --> 00:05:12.330 I'm thinking about how much they look up to me, 00:05:12.330 --> 00:05:15.151 and I'm hoping still that I can make them proud, 00:05:15.151 --> 00:05:17.223 but seeing how things are going, 00:05:17.223 --> 00:05:19.242 I'm not feeling so good about myself. 00:05:19.242 --> 00:05:21.208 - Constantly I'm stirring the sauce 00:05:21.208 --> 00:05:23.688 to make sure it doesn't burn right on the hot plates. 00:05:23.688 --> 00:05:27.972 Sometimes that direct contact can burn your cheese. 00:05:27.972 --> 00:05:30.474 - Smelling Chef Steven's food is really 00:05:30.474 --> 00:05:32.007 putting a damper on everything. 00:05:32.007 --> 00:05:34.968 So at this point, whatever it is, however it looks, 00:05:34.968 --> 00:05:37.701 however it tastes, I just want it to get on the plate. 00:05:37.701 --> 00:05:40.366 - [Andrew] Five, four, three, - [Justin] Five, four, three, 00:05:40.366 --> 00:05:42.583 two, one. - [Kai] two, one. 00:05:42.583 --> 00:05:45.800 Okay, stop working, Chefs, the competition is over. 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:47.473 We will now judge your dishes. 00:05:47.473 --> 00:05:48.533 - [Steven] Whew. 00:05:48.533 --> 00:05:50.449 - Hannah, can you please describe your dish? 00:05:50.449 --> 00:05:54.280 - What I made for you is a Minecraft breakfast. 00:05:54.280 --> 00:05:56.756 When I think of spinach, I think of that 00:05:56.756 --> 00:05:58.721 bright green color and when I think 00:05:58.721 --> 00:06:00.828 of bright green I think of the Creeper 00:06:00.828 --> 00:06:03.527 from Minecraft because my son is obsessed with it. 00:06:03.527 --> 00:06:05.147 - Do you guys know what Minecraft is? 00:06:05.147 --> 00:06:05.892 - Yep. 00:06:05.892 --> 00:06:06.644 - I do. 00:06:06.644 --> 00:06:07.393 - I have the game. 00:06:07.393 --> 00:06:08.177 - Yes. 00:06:08.177 --> 00:06:11.661 So, you have a green Creeper pancake 00:06:11.661 --> 00:06:14.480 with chocolate chip face and a green egg 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:18.624 and bacon tree that's also like the trees from the game. 00:06:18.624 --> 00:06:20.783 And I don't know what kind of toppings you guys like 00:06:20.783 --> 00:06:22.999 on your pancakes so I have some melted butter 00:06:22.999 --> 00:06:26.631 and syrup and I hope you enjoy it. 00:06:26.631 --> 00:06:27.643 - You love eggs? 00:06:27.643 --> 00:06:29.299 - Not really, but with salt. - [Andrew] But it's a 00:06:29.299 --> 00:06:30.768 green egg. 00:06:30.768 --> 00:06:31.723 (groans) 00:06:31.723 --> 00:06:33.268 Wow, there's a lot - [Justin] It's really good. 00:06:33.268 --> 00:06:34.309 - [Andrew] of spinach in there. 00:06:34.309 --> 00:06:35.440 - It tastes like green kale. 00:06:35.440 --> 00:06:36.441 It's really good though. 00:06:36.441 --> 00:06:38.517 - Do I have a mustache? 00:06:38.517 --> 00:06:40.097 - Yeah, you have a little mustache there. 00:06:40.097 --> 00:06:42.081 I don't think you disguised the spinach 00:06:42.081 --> 00:06:43.632 as much as you thought you would 00:06:43.632 --> 00:06:46.804 in the pancakes, but as a spinach bread 00:06:46.804 --> 00:06:48.890 kind of thing, it's actually really nice. 00:06:48.890 --> 00:06:49.938 - I like the bacon. 00:06:49.938 --> 00:06:51.177 - The only thing I didn't really like 00:06:51.177 --> 00:06:52.931 was the chocolate chips. 00:06:52.931 --> 00:06:56.257 The chocolate and spinach is a little weird combination. 00:06:56.257 --> 00:06:57.336 Thank you, Hannah. 00:06:57.336 --> 00:06:58.207 - Thank you. 00:06:58.207 --> 00:07:00.872 - Chef Steven, can you please tell us about the dish? 00:07:00.872 --> 00:07:04.060 - I went with the cheesy goodness of pasta, 00:07:04.060 --> 00:07:08.953 so I made a bacon Alfredo sauce with a little bit of garlic, 00:07:08.953 --> 00:07:11.310 some onions, a little bit of lemon, 00:07:11.310 --> 00:07:14.958 and then a lot of Parmesan cheese, sour cream, and cream. 00:07:14.958 --> 00:07:16.160 And then you have your spinach 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:18.007 just at the end, it was folded in. 00:07:18.007 --> 00:07:18.717 Please enjoy. 00:07:18.717 --> 00:07:19.957 - What about the spinach in there? 00:07:19.957 --> 00:07:22.390 It's not as disguised as Hannah's was. 00:07:22.390 --> 00:07:25.860 - I could taste a hint of lemon and it's really good. 00:07:27.450 --> 00:07:28.732 - It's very tasty. 00:07:28.732 --> 00:07:29.982 Honestly, I wish the spinach 00:07:29.982 --> 00:07:31.202 was coming through a little more. 00:07:31.202 --> 00:07:32.978 - The spinach is not helping the dish. 00:07:32.978 --> 00:07:34.841 - Thanks for everything, Chef and Hannah. 00:07:34.841 --> 00:07:35.650 - Thanks, guys. 00:07:35.650 --> 00:07:36.773 - Thank you. - [Steven] Thank you. 00:07:36.773 --> 00:07:39.581 - [Justin] Chef and Hannah, we need a moment to decide. 00:07:39.581 --> 00:07:40.373 - So spinach, huh? 00:07:40.373 --> 00:07:41.764 What did you think? - [Hannah] Oh my gosh. 00:07:41.764 --> 00:07:43.246 Kids are just unpredictable. 00:07:43.246 --> 00:07:44.855 - [Steven] You know, I'm not feelin' really good 00:07:44.855 --> 00:07:46.212 about what they thought so far. 00:07:46.212 --> 00:07:48.493 - I keep thinking back, I should of put less spinach in it, 00:07:48.493 --> 00:07:50.410 it still would of been green, and it wouldn't 00:07:50.410 --> 00:07:51.607 of tasted so much like spinach. 00:07:51.607 --> 00:07:53.122 It's just so rushed. - [Steven] Your point was 00:07:53.122 --> 00:07:54.190 to use spinach, you know? 00:07:54.190 --> 00:07:55.618 That's what they gave us to use. 00:07:55.618 --> 00:07:59.214 I just wanted to make it cheesy, we'll see what happens. 00:07:59.214 --> 00:08:00.701 - [Hannah] I feel like it's a total toss-up. 00:08:00.701 --> 00:08:02.164 - So who did you think did a better job? 00:08:02.164 --> 00:08:03.627 - I think Steve. 00:08:03.627 --> 00:08:04.778 - I think Hannah. 00:08:04.778 --> 00:08:07.550 Because of the eggs, I didn't really taste 00:08:07.550 --> 00:08:10.418 the spinach in it even though I ate it. 00:08:10.418 --> 00:08:13.623 - Chef Steven had little bacon bits. 00:08:13.623 --> 00:08:15.451 - Yeah, it was very tasty. 00:08:15.451 --> 00:08:16.531 - Which one do you think? 00:08:16.531 --> 00:08:18.917 - I don't know, they both had good things 00:08:18.917 --> 00:08:20.853 and not so good things. - [Kai] I think both. 00:08:20.853 --> 00:08:21.789 - [Andrew] Both are good? 00:08:21.789 --> 00:08:22.521 - Mmhmm. 00:08:22.521 --> 00:08:23.457 - Well, only one can win. 00:08:23.457 --> 00:08:24.541 - Let's bring them back in. 00:08:24.541 --> 00:08:26.579 - I could see a little bit of hair 00:08:26.579 --> 00:08:27.727 sticking out of your nose. 00:08:27.727 --> 00:08:29.974 - Chef Steven, Hannah, thank you, 00:08:29.974 --> 00:08:31.719 you prepared some amazing food today. 00:08:31.719 --> 00:08:33.544 Unfortunately, we can only have one winner. 00:08:33.544 --> 00:08:36.627 - Chef Steven, your food was tasty, 00:08:36.627 --> 00:08:40.106 but Hannah, I think your food was tastier. 00:08:40.106 --> 00:08:42.319 - [Hannah] Oh my gosh. 00:08:42.319 --> 00:08:43.592 Oh my gosh. 00:08:43.592 --> 00:08:45.680 - Hannah, you're the first winner 00:08:45.680 --> 00:08:47.998 of Mom vs. Chef, congratulations. 00:08:47.998 --> 00:08:50.427 (squeals) (clapping) 00:08:50.427 --> 00:08:54.405 - I was not expecting to win at all so I'm still 00:08:54.405 --> 00:08:57.685 in shock I think, they announced my name 00:08:57.685 --> 00:08:59.979 that I won and I just started shaking. 00:08:59.979 --> 00:09:03.287 - I came here because my two sons think 00:09:03.287 --> 00:09:05.254 that I'm a really good cook and I wanted 00:09:05.254 --> 00:09:08.076 to prove them right, I wanted to show that I could do it. 00:09:08.076 --> 00:09:08.931 - I love it. 00:09:08.931 --> 00:09:10.007 - So I get to go home. 00:09:10.007 --> 00:09:11.267 I had the fiercest - [Steven] Awesome. 00:09:11.267 --> 00:09:13.191 - [Hannah] competition ever and I... 00:09:13.191 --> 00:09:13.986 (laughs) 00:09:13.986 --> 00:09:15.036 Thank you so much. 00:09:15.036 --> 00:09:16.468 - I thought this experience was fantastic. 00:09:16.468 --> 00:09:18.766 What she did with Minecraft was really cool 00:09:18.766 --> 00:09:20.945 and the kids really gravitated towards it 00:09:20.945 --> 00:09:23.643 and it kept their attention while they were eating. 00:09:23.643 --> 00:09:25.663 - So guys, today the mom won. 00:09:25.663 --> 00:09:27.108 Thank you both for coming in and cooking 00:09:27.108 --> 00:09:29.077 food for us, it was really amazing. 00:09:29.077 --> 00:09:33.134 (funky electronica music)