Friday June 26, 2009
8:00 PM 1.0 THE CHOPPING BLOCK
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THE TEAMS PREPARE AN ITALIAN FEAST FOR PATRONS AND GUEST STARS INCLUDING CHEF MARIO BATALI AND "SOPRANOS" STARS VINCENT PASTORE AND FEDERICO CASTELLUCCIO -- With four couples left, the teams are told to meet Marco in his kitchen for �The Big White Challenge.� Marco presents them with Italian dishes he prepared in 20 minutes and cooked in five minutes--then challenges the teams to do the same. The winning team receives an espresso machine and a barista for the entire lunch service the next day. In the second challenge, the teams have to purchase all of their ingredients for lunch service from the �Little Italy� area of Manhattan to serve to all Italian customers including Vincent Pastore and Federico Castelluccio. Marco dines at both restaurants with longtime friend and chef, Mario Batali, and the unknown food columnist from Gourmet Magazine, Colman Andrews. After one of the harshest critiques yet from a food critic, Marco has his own harsh words before the latest couple is eliminated. Marco Pierre White stars.