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- PREVIOUSLY ON EAT DRINK LOVE...
- L.A. FOOD & WINE IS LIKE THE WORLD SERIES
OF ALL FOODIE EVENTS.
- WE HAVE A LITTLE MELON SORBET WITH CRISPY PROSCIUTTO.
IF I HIT A HOME RUN HERE,
THIS COULD REALLY PUT ME ON THE MAP IN THIS TOWN.
- IT WAS GREAT.
[chuckles]
- HARRY LEFT THIS IMPORTANT EVENT ON MY SHOULDERS
TO MAKE A SUCCESS.
IF THE CHICKEN IS RUNNING LOW,
YOU BUST YOUR *** BACK HERE TO GET MORE.
- THIS LINE IS NOT STOPPING.
- THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH IT.
I'M SUPER HAPPY FOR YOU.
THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL.
- LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU LOOK, THOUGH.
- THANK YOU. - I'M TELLING YOU.
- I HAVE A NO-CHEF POLICY.
- POLICIES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN.
- ARE YOU ROMANCING ME RIGHT NOW?
- MAYBE. - IT'S WORKING.
- I HEARD YOU HAD DRINKS WITH BRENDA.
- SHE'S A FRIEND. - YEAH, SHE'S JUST A FRIEND?
- WHY?
DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE I SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN?
- ♪ I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE TIME TO COME ♪
♪ WHEN I CAN RULE THIS TOWN FOR SURE ♪
♪ STIR IT UP ALL NIGHT, SHOW THEM I'M ALL RIGHT ♪
♪ BE THE QUEEN AND MORE ♪
♪ LOOK AT ME, I'M THE SCENE ♪
♪ AND I'LL SAY WHAT I MEAN ♪
♪ SO WATCH ME NOW ♪
♪ I'M SERIOUS ♪
- ♪ TELL ME I BELONG ♪
♪ YOU WERE THE SWEETEST, SWEETEST ♪
♪ SAY THAT I BELONG ♪
♪ JUST SAY THAT I... ♪
- HELLO, WAYLYNN. - HI.
- WELCOME.
- WHY, THANK YOU.
- HOW ARE YOU?
- I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
- VERY EXCITED TO TRY THIS NEW DESSERT.
- I'M EXCITED FOR YOU TO TRY IT.
- YOU'VE BEEN TALKING IT UP.
- I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING IT UP.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT ON THE WAY OVER HERE.
I WAS LIKE, "UH-OH."
I'M LIKE, "I REALLY HOPE I DELIVER."
I STILL DO DESSERT CONSULTING ON THE SIDE.
- HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD, GOOD, AND GOOD.
- GOOD, GOOD, AND GOOD.
- I'LL REALLY ONLY DO CONSULTING FOR SOMEONE
IF I BELIEVE IN THE FOOD AND THE RESTAURANTS,
IF THE CHEF IS SOMEONE OF NOTORIETY.
WHAT STARTED THE WHOLE THING IS, YOU WERE LIKE,
"ICEBOX CAKE,"
SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY KIND OF LIKE A JAZZED UP, STONY,
DECONSTRUCTED ICEBOX CAKE WITH THE NILLA WAFERS.
I HAVE SOME WHIPPED CREAM WITH SOME CINNAMON AND SOME VANILLA.
- MM-HMM.
- SO THIS IS THE OTHER SECRET ABOUT..
JUST TRY IT.
- WHAT IS THAT? OH, IT'S SO LIGHT.
- IT'S A WHIPPED HONEY. - HMM.
- LIKE MERINGUE, BUT IT'S JUST PURE HONEY.
LIKE, LIGHT AS AIR AND HONEY.
- WOW.
- TRY IT LIKE THIS.
- AND THEN, JUST 'CAUSE IT NEEDS A LITTLE KICK,
A LITTLE SOMETHING,
SOME REALLY FINELY GROUND-UP CANDIED GINGER.
- HAND-GROUND, FINGER-GROUND.
- LOVE THAT MOVE. - [laughs]
HE'S CUTE. HE'S TATTOOED.
HE'S AN AMAZING CHEF.
MY HAND-GROUND GINGER ON YOUR FACE.
- I LIKE GINGER ON MY FACE.
- THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME GOOD, SOLID, UM,
FLIRTY-FLIRTIN' GOING ON WITH HIM.
- MMM.
YEAH.
- WITH THAT HONEY, THOUGH,
I HAVE TO SAY, THAT'S KIND OF TASTY.
- MM-HMM.
NO, IT'S GREAT.
I THINK IT NEEDS, LIKE, ANOTHER LAYER,
MORE OF THE TEXTURE FROM THE NILLA.
- MM-HMM.
- IT NEEDS MORE CRUNCH. - IT NEEDS MORE CRUNCH.
- YOU NEED--YOU NEED A LITTLE MORE NUT IN YOUR DESSERT.
- OKAY, SO A LITTLE MORE NUT.
- A LITTLE MORE NUT.
- MORE NILLA. BIGGER NILLA.
- BIGGER NILLA, MORE NUT.
I AGREE.
- MMM.
IT TASTES LIKE A [bleep] ICEBOX CAKE.
THE BEST ONE EVER.
- I WAS THERE FOR ONE SOLE PURPOSE,
TO HELP IN THE KITCHEN AND PUT OUT A DESSERT,
AND THAT'S WHAT I DID.
[laughs]
WE'RE-- WE'RE REWRITING THE BOOK HERE,
YOU AND I, ALL RIGHT?
- I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT.
[upbeat electronic music]
♪ ♪
- COME ON, L.A. TRAFFIC.
I HAVE TENDED TO ISOLATE MYSELF SOCIALLY WITHIN THE FIELD.
I'M SO USED TO GROWING UP IN A CITY
WHERE YOU HAVE 20 HUMAN INTERACTIONS
JUST WALKING TO THE CORNER STORE,
AND NOW I'M IN A CAR ALL THE TIME,
OR I'M COOKING BY MYSELF IN A KITCHEN.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING IN L.A.
- WHO'S HERE?
WHO IS IT?
- HEY.
- NINA. - HELLO!
- WHAT'S UP, MONKEY MAN?
HOW YOU DOING?
- NO.
- ARE YOU READY TO COOK?
- IT'S AFTER THE EXHILARATION OF L.A. FOOD & WINE
AND WORKING WITH ALL THESE GREAT PEOPLE.
IT WAS A PROUD MOMENT FOR ME,
AND, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT L.A. FOOD & WINE
WOULD'VE KIND OF IGNITED
A LITTLE MORE FIRE WITH THE PHONE CALLS,
BUT YEAH, NO,
I CAN'T REALLY SAY THAT WAS PARTICULARLY THE CASE.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE A SALT-BAKED BRANZINO.
- [gasps] - A WHOLE FISH.
- AWESOME.
- SO WE'LL SEE IF THEY PANIC
WHEN THEY SEE THE WHOLE FISH OR LOVE IT.
- AWESOME.
- I'M JUST NOT GREAT AT SOLICITING WORK.
LOOK, WE'RE GONNA MAKE A SNOW FISH.
HAVING NOT PUT IN AS MUCH TIME
AS I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE IN THIS BUSINESS,
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE BIT INSECURE
ABOUT PROMOTING MYSELF AS THIS GREAT CHEF,
BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE TECHNICAL SKILL
TO BACK IT UP YET.
PUT HIM IN THE SNOW. - NO, I WANT TO.
- OKAY, OKAY, JUST DON'T DROP IT.
WE'RE GONNA--WE NEED SOME-- UH-UH, NO, NO.
DON'T DO THAT, PAPA. DON'T DO THAT.
PRIVATE CHEFING CAN ONLY REALLY GET ME SO FAR.
I NEED TO KNOW PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS.
ALEJO, I'M GONNA PUT YOU IN THE CORNER.
YOU'RE GONNA COOK NEAR THE DOGGY BOWL IF YOU DON'T STOP IT, HUH?
WELL, I GUESS YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR SALAD.
TEACHING A THREE- AND A FIVE-YEAR-OLD
IS A LOT OF FUN,
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY KIND OF HOLDING ME BACK
FROM NETWORKING AS MUCH AS I SHOULD BE AT THIS POINT.
- I'M NOT LIKING THAT.
- WELL, YOU GOT TO WAIT YOUR TURN
AND STOP WHINING, BUD.
IF I DON'T KEEP MAKING CONNECTIONS AND NETWORKING,
I'M GONNA REMAIN STAGNATE.
MMM. CHILL OUT.
I'M GONNA TIE YOU UP WITH THAT MONKEY TAIL
IF YOU DON'T STOP IT.
smack!
- HI, LADY.
HOW ARE YOU?
- I'M GOOD.
- HI, DOGGIES. IT'S ALL GOOD.
- I JUST POURED YOU A GLASS OF WINE.
- PERFECT.
[both sigh]
TO YOUR NEW PLACE. - WELCOME TO MY NEW PLACE.
FOOD BLOGGER HERE IN L.A.
I KNOW WHATEVER I SAY TO HER ISN'T GONNA LEAVE THE ROOM.
SHE'S MY SOUNDING BOARD.
THE MOVE, LIKE, NEARLY KILLED ME.
- I'VE BEEN THERE.
- ANYWAY.
- SO HOW'S EVERYTHING GOING?
HOW ARE THE LADIES?
- THERE'S, LIKE, TOO MANY-- IT'S LIKE TOO MUCH GIRL ENERGY.
- THAT'S WHY I HANG OUT WITH A LOT OF GAY MEN,
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S GAY MEN,
IT'S NOT-- - THAT'S NO DRAMA.
- IT'S STILL NOT, LIKE--
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS WITH GAY MEN IS,
THEY'RE UP FRONT.
WITH GIRLS, IT'S LIKE,
EVERYONE'S CATTY BEHIND EVERYONE'S BACK.
- NO, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S FINE.
LIKE, KAT, UM...
SHE TALKS ABOUT BOYS A LOT,
WHICH IS IRRITATING TO ME.
- REALLY? - JUST BECAUSE, IT'S LIKE--
IT'S LIKE, "OH, I DATED HIM. I HAD A THING WITH HIM.
OH, I'M 'CONSULTING' WITH HIM."
- IS IT, LIKE, EVERYONE YOU TALK ABOUT?
- YEAH. WELL, YEAH. AND THEN I MENTION SOMEONE.
SHE'S LIKE, "OH, I HAD A THING WITH HIM.
- IT, LIKE, PUTS A DAMPER ON IT. - YEAH.
'CAUSE THEN IT'S LIKE, "OH, OKAY, NEVER MIND."
LIKE, I--IF YOU--I'M NOT GONNA DATE SOMEONE SHE DATED.
PART OF BEING IN THIS BUSINESS IS, WE ALL FLIRT,
BUT THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WHAT I DO AND WHAT KAT DOES.
I FLIRT LIKE A FIRST DATE.
KAT FLIRTS LIKE...
A WOMAN WHO'S BEEN MARRIED A LITTLE TOO LONG
AND MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ON THE SIDE.
CLUG, CLUG, CLUG, CLUG, CLUG, CLUG.
- THAT'S MY FAVORITE SOUND.
- [giggles]
OH, MY GOD, THEY'RE GOING CRAZY.
- ARE THEY MAKING OUT?
THEY HAVE MORE OF A LOVE LIFE THAN YOU AND I.
- I KNOW.
- SO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BOYS IN YOUR LIFE?
- A.K.A. THE CHEFS IN MY LIFE?
NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
- WELL, I MEAN, SOME OF THEM ARE CHEFS,
BUT... - [sighs]
- I GUESS MY WHOLE THING IS LIKE--
- I ALWAYS SAY THIS:
I LOOK AT SOMEONE LIKE CHRIS CRARY,
RIGHT NOW HE'S RIDING THIS WAVE OF,
"I'M A GOOD-LOOKING CHEF.
"I WAS ON TOP CHEF.
I CAN DATE ANYONE WHO I WANT."
SO I'VE BEEN DOING P.R. FOR TEN YEARS,
AND AT THIS POINT, I'M AT THE TOP OF MY GAME.
L.A. IS A TOWN WHERE YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW PEOPLE'S INTENTIONS,
SO I HAVE A HARD TIME TRUSTING WHETHER OR NOT
PEOPLE WANT TO GET TO KNOW ME
OR IF THEY WANT SOMETHING FROM ME.
I DON'T KNOW.
LIKE, MAYBE HE LOOKS AT ME AS, LIKE, ANOTHER GIRL.
LIKE, I THINK HE THINKS IF HE FLIRTS WITH ME--
- NO, BUT THAT'S-- - HE--THIS IS IT.
IF HE CAN FLIRT WITH ME A LITTLE BIT,
HE'LL JUST, LIKE, GET FREE P.R. FROM ME.
- [laughs]
- WELL, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH HIM.
I DON'T KNOW. - WE'LL DATE EACH OTHER.
- GOD, I WISH I WAS A LESBIAN.
- [laughs]
- GIVE ME MORE WINE.
- WELL, YES.
I MEAN, THAT'S OBVIOUS.
- WELL, PUT IT ON.
- IT'S JUST A DRESS.
IT'S JUST A DRESS, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY MEANING.
- OH... OH...
- ♪ I'M POWERLESS ♪
♪ EMOTIONLESS ♪
- WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SIT?
- LET'S ORDER SOMETHING REAL QUICK, AND THEN WE'LL SIT DOWN.
DO YOU WANT A LEMONADE OR SOMETHING HERE?
LAUREN HUTTON IS A OLD FAMILY FRIEND.
SHE'S MY SELF-PROCLAIMED GODMOTHER.
COULD I GET A CUP OF ICE?
NOT TOO MUCH. JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SHE'S KNOWN AS THE WORLD'S TOP SUPERMODEL,
AND SHE REALLY CHANGED THE INDUSTRY FOR WOMEN.
- THIS IS SO STRONG. WE WANT TO SPLIT IT.
- OH, SURE.
- FOR ME, GROWING UP IN THE '80s ART SCENE,
IT WAS JUST SUCH A TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY:
THE ARTISTS, THE POETS, THE KEITH HARINGS,
THE JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIATS,
EVEN ANDY WARHOL.
I MEAN, LAUREN HUTTON WAS A PART OF THAT.
IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.
[laughs]
- FOR THE LAST YEAR.
- JUST GETTING STARTED. - MAYBE TEN.
- IT'S BEEN A LONG-- A LONG COUPLE DECADES.
THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, MY MOTHER WAS AN INCREDIBLE COOK
AND MADE INCREDIBLE PASTA,
AND LAUREN WAS ALWAYS OVER,
SO I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ANYTHING OF IT.
- WHERE YOU WANT TO SIT, HONEY?
- YOU TELL ME. WHATEVER YOU PREFER.
YEAH, I USED TO BE KIND OF SCARED OF HER
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE YOUNGER.
SHE WAS VERY INTIMIDATING.
I MEAN, JUST ONE OF-- A REALLY STRONG WOMAN.
SHE DEFINITELY DOESN'T SUGARCOAT ANYTHING,
AND I NEED THAT
IN THIS SUGARCOATED TOWN OF LOS ANGELES.
ARE YOU COMING FROM NEW YORK RIGHT NOW?
- YES. ON MY WAY TO NEW MEXICO.
AND YOU SOUNDED A LITTLE BLEAK, BABY DOLL.
- THANK YOU FOR [bleep] COMING HERE.
[both laugh]
- WELL, BABY, YOU WERE DOWN WHEN I CAME.
YOU WERE A LITTLE DOWN.
- IT'S BEEN A LONG COUPLE MONTHS.
YOU KNOW? - WHY?
- JUST WORKING MY *** OFF.
I HAVE NO SOCIAL LIFE.
IT'S JUST THAT I DON'T--
I DON'T MAKE ENOUGH HUMAN CONTACT EVERY DAY.
I DON'T KNOW.
I'M WORKING SO HARD, AND YEAH,
IT DEFINITELY FEELS DISCONNECTED.
- BECAUSE OF YOU,
I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW I STARTED THE MODELING BUSINESS.
I WAS SHORT-- SHORTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, 5'11" BACK THEN TOO.
- YEAH.
- AND I WAS OLDER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
I WAS 22.
EVERYBODY ELSE WAS, LIKE, 14, 16, 17.
I FIGURED OUT,
YOU HAVE TO LOOK CLOSE AND BE ABLE TO PULL AWAY
AND LOOK OVER THE VIEW--
- BIGGER PICTURE.
- BOTH-- DO BOTH THINGS.
- FOR ME, IT'S SO HARD TO LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE,
BECAUSE I'M DOING SO MUCH OF THE DAILY IN AND OUT.
EVERY DAY, LIKE, FROM BEGINNING TO END,
I'M DOING IT MYSELF.
SO I'M ACTUALLY IN A PLACE WHERE I'M READY TO HAVE A SOCIAL LIFE.
- GOOD.
- I DEFINITELY WANT TO BUILD DEEPER FRIENDSHIPS IN THIS TOWN.
I HAVE ACCESS TO WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE.
LET'S WAKE UP THIS WEEK
AND SMILE AS SOON AS WE WAKE UP EVERY DAY.
I NEED TO REALLY NOT COMMERCE MYSELF IN MY CAREER
TO A POINT THAT IT'S A DETRIMENT,
THAT I END UP BEING ALONE ALL THE TIME.
OH, HOLD ON. SMILE.
- EEH.
[both laugh]
THANK YOU.
- I'M GLAD I GOT YOU, GRANNY.
YEAH.
- YOU GOT YOUR GRANNY.
- I GOT MY GRANNY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT, MY LOVE.
[smooching]
- ♪ WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN... ♪
- COME ON, BUDDY.
YAY!
- ♪ LET THE SUNSHINE WARM MY FACE ♪
- GRANDMA'S HOUSE WE GO.
[knocks on door]
HI! - HI, BABY BEAR!
- HI, MOMMY BEAR.
- HOW ARE YOU, HONEY?
- OH. - OH.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE MY MOM.
AND TODAY IS EVEN MORE SPECIAL
BECAUSE MY BROTHER JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE IN TOWN
VISITING FROM COLORADO.
- HI, BABY. - HI.
- HEY, WHAT'S HAPPENING?
[chuckles]
- SINCE MY DAD WAS PRETTY MUCH NEVER AROUND
OR NEVER REALLY IN THE PICTURE,
IT HAS ALWAYS JUST BEEN MY MOM, MY BROTHER, AND I.
SHE RAISED US AS A SINGLE MOTHER,
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WERE SO CLOSE,
AND WE STUCK TOGETHER.
BROTHER, I'M SO GLAD TO GET TO HANG OUT.
- I KNOW.
- WE'LL HAVE TO GO OUT AGAIN
BEFORE HE LEAVES, IF YOU HAVE ANY TIME.
HOW'S THE SHOP?
- IT'S GOOD. - YEAH?
DOES NANCY KNOW HOW TO BAKE?
- IT'S BEEN A YEAR,
BUT SHE WHOLEHEARTEDLY KNOWS HOW TO BAKE EVERYTHING.
I'M REALLY, HONESTLY, TRULY IMPRESSED WITH NANCY.
- YOU GUYS ARE A GOOD TEAM, THOUGH.
- WE ARE A GOOD TEAM. - YEAH.
- IT'S NOT BEEN WITHOUT ITS FRUSTRATIONS AND ITS CHALLENGES,
AND IT'S BEEN A TESTAMENT OF MY PATIENCE,
BUT...
- YOU'VE NEVER HAD A TEMPER.
- I'VE NEVER HAD-- NO, I'VE NEVER HAD A TEMPER.
- NO, YOU WERE SO SHY AND QUIET AND TIMID.
- THE ONLY TIME THAT YOU, LIKE, LOST IT
WAS WHEN WE LIVED IN STEAMBOAT,
AND YOU WALKED OUT THE BACK DOOR
AND PRETENDED LIKE YOU WERE RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME.
[all laugh]
- WHAT WAS SHE, LIKE, EIGHT?
- YEAH. [laughs]
- "I'M LEAVING!"
- [mockingly sobbing]
- HEY!
MY PARENTS WERE FUN, WILD,
LIKE, ROCK AND ROLL PEOPLE AND LOVED MUSIC,
AND THEY WERE, LIKE, GREAT FRIENDS WITH WAYLON JENNINGS
AND HUGE FANS OF HIS MUSIC,
AND SO IT WAS LIKE, NO MATTER WHAT,
WHETHER I WAS A BOY OR A GIRL,
I WAS GETTING NAMED AFTER WAYLON JENNINGS.
YOU READY FOR THIS? [giggles]
- OH, NO.
- IN THE SAME DAY,
BOTH THE EX-FIANCES CAME INTO FONUTS.
- NO WAY!
- AND I WAS LIKE, "IS THIS SOME [bleep]-UP PRACTICAL JOKE?"
I'M LIKE, "WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THAT?"
- IT'S TIME TO LET GO OF THE PAST.
- I THINK IT'S TIME TO LET GO.
- THAT WAS A SIGN. THAT WAS YOUR SIGN.
- THAT WAS MY SIGN.
I KNOW WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE,
BUT I THINK THAT IT'S TIME
TO MAYBE SELL THE OLD WEDDING DRESS.
- [gasps] WHAT?
- I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA WEAR IT
TO THE MAN THAT I'M ACTUALLY GONNA MARRY SOMEDAY,
'CAUSE THAT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE
A "[bleep] YOU" AND DISRESPECTFUL.
LIKE, "OH, I WAS GONNA WEAR THIS WITH SOMEBODY ELSE,
BUT YOU FIT THE BILL, SO HERE WE GO!"
- WHY AT THIS PARTICULAR JUNCTURE?
- YOU GOT TO [bleep] SHED ONE SKIN
IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO ANOTHER ONE.
- THAT'S TRUE. VALID.
IT'S--IT'S JUST SITTING IN THE CLOSET.
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET THE WEDDING DRESS.
- I WAS ENGAGED TO A VERY SWEET MAN WHO WAS A HAIRDRESSER,
AND HE WAS A LOT OLDER THAN I WAS,
AND SO HE WAS DEFINITELY AT A PLACE IN HIS LIFE
WHERE HE KNEW THAT HE WAS READY TO SETTLE DOWN,
AND I SORT OF REALIZED THERE WAS REALLY NO WAY I COULD BE A WIFE.
I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO START THIS CAREER,
AND A CAREER IN WHICH I SACRIFICED
AND GAVE UP EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE TO DO.
- THERE SHE IS, A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING DRESS...
THAT YOU'RE NEVER GONNA WEAR.
- IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS
I'VE EVER HAD TO DO IN MY LIFE,
AND I TRULY FELT ABSOLUTELY AWFUL FOR IT.
- OH, MY GOD. I'M GONNA CRY. - IT'S PRETTY.
- WELL, PUT IT ON.
- IT'S JUST A DRESS.
IT'S JUST A DRESS, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY MEANING,
'CAUSE IT'S JUST A DRESS.
- OH...
- [bleep].
- OH...
OH, HONEY.
- [laughing]
[sniffles]
WELL, IT'S LIKE, EVERY GIRL, LIKE,
JUST GETS EXCITED AND EMOTIONAL AT, LIKE,
BEING, LIKE, A FAIRY PRINCESS IN, LIKE,
THEIR BEAUTIFUL WEDDING GOWN,
AND IT BRINGS BACK THE MEMORIES OF, LIKE,
TRYING IT ON FOR THE FIRST TIME
AND, LIKE, KNOWING THAT MOMENT WHEN THAT WAS THE DRESS.
- ♪ DUN, DUN, DUN-DUN ♪
OH, MY GOD!
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
- OH, IT'S SO PRETTY.
IT'S THE PRETTIEST THING EVER.
GOODNESS GRACIOUS.
THIS IS [bleep] UP.
IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO LET GO OF THE DRESS,
BECAUSE I JUST KNOW
THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT SO MUCH IN MY LIFE.
AND I WANT TO FIND THAT PERSON SOMEDAY.
I'M SAD AND SCARED
THAT MAYBE I'LL NEVER GET THAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN.
- WHEN IT HAPPENS. - [bleep].
- I DIDN'T MEAN IT TO COME OUT LIKE THAT.
[laughs]
- LOVELY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
STATE YOUR NAME.
JUST THINK OF IT LIKE YOUR USUAL A.A. MEETING.
- BEEN TO A FEW OF THOSE, BRENDA.
[laughter]
- ♪ DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE A MILLION MILES AWAY ♪
♪ I STILL FEEL YOU ♪
- HONEY, I'M HOME.
OH, WAIT, I HAVE NO HONEY.
THANKS FOR COMING EARLY TO HELP ME.
- YEAH, OF COURSE.
- WHAT'S FUN ABOUT SHOW-AND-TELL
IS THAT IT'S KIND OF LIKE CHRISTMAS.
IT'S LIKE, I NEVER KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA GET.
THANKS TO MY TALK WITH LAUREN,
I DECIDED TO HAVE A SHOW-AND-TELL.
SHOW-AND-TELL IS THE SAME GAME
YOU USED TO PLAY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
YOU BRING SOMETHING IN,
YOU SHARE IT WITH YOUR GROUP OF FRIENDS,
AND HOPEFULLY THEY LEARN SOMETHING NEW ABOUT YOU.
DO YOU LIKE OLIVES?
- I LOVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE OUT RIGHT NOW.
- PRETTY HARD TO GO WRONG
WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH FRESH INGREDIENTS, YOU KNOW?
I DEFINITELY WANT TO BUILD DEEPER FRIENDSHIPS IN THIS TOWN.
I JUST HAVE TO MAKE A MUCH BIGGER EFFORT.
AND JUST BRINGING FRIENDS TOGETHER,
IT ALWAYS MAKES ME FEEL BETTER.
LINDSAY'S AN INCREDIBLE MIXOLOGIST IN L.A.
WHEN I FIRST MET HER, WE JUST IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED.
I WAS LIKE, "OH, THIS IS LIKE A BADASS ***."
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA MAKE?
- I'M GONNA DO A PUNCH.
SO I'M GONNA USE COCONUT ***,
PUT SOME OF THIS POT STILL RUM FROM JAMAICA IN THERE.
- SWEET.
- THAT WOULD BE FUN FOR SHOW-AND-TELL, RIGHT?
- I'M EXCITED YOU'RE GONNA GET TO MEET SOME OF MY FRIENDS.
- I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE FUN.
I WANT TO SEE WHAT EVERYBODY SHARES.
- I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR SO LONG NOW
THAT IT'S ACTUALLY HARDER FOR ME,
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T DO REPEATS,
'CAUSE I DEFINITELY GOT SOME ALL-STARS THAT COME EVERY TIME,
SO...
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
I'M BRINGING THE FOODIE GIRLS TOGETHER
WITH MY HIP, COOL, CRAZY FRIENDS
AND SEE HOW THEY MELD.
- WHAT ARE YOU GONNA MAKE?
- I'M GONNA DO A REALLY SIMPLE WATERMELON SALAD
WITH FETA, HEIRLOOM TOMATO, BASIL.
AND THEN I'M GONNA DO A CASA RIGATONI.
HELLO. BEST FREE FACIAL EVER.
- YEAH, RIGHT?
- WITH THESE LITTLE HEIRLOOMS THAT YOU'RE PLUCKING OFF,
SOME FRESH MOZZARELLA, SOME KALAMATA OLIVES, BASIL.
SHOW-AND-TELL IS ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES,
NOT THE FOOD,
SO I'M KEEPING IT SIMPLE.
IF THEY DON'T LIKE THE FOOD,
I'M NOT GONNA BEAT MYSELF UP OVER IT.
MM! [bleep], I KNEW THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN.
- DID YOU BURN YOURSELF? - YEAH, I DID.
AT LEAST I BURNED THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH AND NOT MY TONGUE.
- ♪ DON'T WANT A REPUTATION FOR TAKING ♪
♪ SOMEONE WHO ISN'T MINE ♪
- IT'S PRETTY [bleep] DELICIOUS.
- PEOPLE SHOULD GET HERE REALLY SOON,
SO I'M GONNA CHANGE.
BE RIGHT BACK.
- ♪ CRASH YOUR PARTY ♪
- ♪ UH-UH, OH, NO ♪
- ♪ NO, THAT AIN'T RIGHT ♪
- ♪ UH-UH, OH, NO ♪
♪ SO LET'S GET THINGS STARTED ♪
- HI, BOO. - HI.
- HEY, BABY. HOW ARE YOU?
- HELLO.
UM, HI.
- UM, CAN I SAY YES?
- I MUST BE INVISIBLE TONIGHT.
[doorbell chimes]
- MAMA!
- YEAH. - HEY, WAYLYNN.
- HI, EVERYBODY. - WHAT'S UP, ROCK STAR?
OHH.
- PERFECT.
- IT SMELLS AMAZING IN HERE.
I DON'T REALLY THINK
SHOW-AND-TELL IS REALLY UP MY ALLEY.
TO COME TOGETHER IN A FORUM
WHERE YOU BRING YOUR LITTLE TIDBIT
AND YOU HAVE YOUR LITTLE SHOW-AND-TELL ITEM HIDDEN,
AND YOU'RE GONNA, LIKE, SHOW IT, IS JUST...
SEEMS SO AWKWARD.
- HI.
- HI, HOW ARE YOU?
- HOW ARE YOU? - HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
- HEY. GOOD TO SEE YOU. IT SMELLS DELICIOUS.
- [gasps]
OH, MY GOD.
- I'M JUST--I'M JUST SAYING.
I'M JUST SAYING.
THERE'S NOT ONE WARM DISH.
- ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY,
WE'RE GONNA SIT DOWN AND START SHOWING AND TELLING.
OKAY, SO, LOVELY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.
A LOT OF YOU ARE KIND OF FIRST SHOW-AND-TELL,
AND SO BASICALLY, HOW IT'S GONNA WORK--
SOME OF YOU KNOW EACH OTHER. SOME OF YOU DON'T.
STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU KNOW, JUST THINK OF IT LIKE YOUR USUAL A.A. MEETING.
- BEEN TO A FEW OF THOSE, BRENDA.
[laughter]
I'M SORRY, SWEETIE.
- SO, ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA START IT UP,
AND I'M GONNA START IT UP WITH...
JAHI, WHY DON'T YOU ROLL IT IN FOR US?
- ALL RIGHT!
[clapping]
YAY! - MAKE IT HAPPEN.
- MY NAME IS JAHI. all: HI, JAHI!
[laughter]
- THESE ARE MY JOURNALS THAT I KEEP.
THIS IS CALLED "KIN."
"DEEPER LONGING OF OUR TRACK LINE.
JAHI, MY, OUR SON, IS FRESH TO EACH NEW DISCOVERY."
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M NOT GONNA SAY THE WORD "STRANGE,"
BECAUSE IT'S NOT STRANGE.
- "HE'S SO BEAUTIFUL,
I SOMETIMES DON'T RELATE TO HIM AS MINE."
- I'LL SAY STRANGE IN THE SENSE
THAT I'M NOT USED TO SEEING MEN BE SO OPEN WITH THEIR DIARIES.
- "LIKE A POSSESSION, 'CAUSE HE'S SO MUCH HIMSELF.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HIS, OUR GROWTH."
THAT WAS IN 1979.
- WOW.
- I FEEL LIKE I'M AT SOME WEIRD,
RANDOM OPEN MIC NIGHT OR SOMETHING.
[frantic violin music]
♪ ♪
I JUST NEVER--IT'S, LIKE, ALMOST LIKE I'M FASCINATED,
LIKE I'M AT THE [bleep] ZOO.
'CAUSE IT'S LIKE, I DON'T SEE PEOPLE LIKE THIS.
- I PICKED THIS GUY UP IN AMSTERDAM,
AND IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT THE GNOME.
IT'S WHAT HE BRINGS OUT IN PEOPLE,
WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
- I MEAN...
REALLY?
- THIS IS THE VERY FIRST SPIN ART SURFBOARD
THAT MY FRIENDS MADE.
- YAY!
LIKE, IT WAS SUCH, LIKE, THIS LIBERATING, LIKE,
COOL EXPERIENCE THAT, LIKE,
I WAS LIKE, "WHEN ARE WE HAVING THE NEXT SHOW-AND-TELL?"
- OH, HI, EVERYBODY.
I'M LINDSAY.
all: HI, LINDSAY!
- I'M GOING TO SHARE TODAY.
- [bleep] TOO CUTE.
- SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ALEC.
[laughter]
UM, HE IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.
AND HE IS A JACKALOPE.
DON'T BE SCARED.
DON'T BE ALARMED.
- WHO BRINGS A JACKALOPE TO SHOW-AND-TELL?
IT WAS JUST, LIKE, 12 KINDS OF BIZARRE.
- HE'S BEEN ABOVE MY BED, AND PEOPLE WALK IN MY ROOM,
AND THEY'RE LIKE, "UH..."
BUT I-I LOVE HIM BECAUSE I LIKE TO THINK THAT,
YOU KNOW, HE DOES PROTECT ME.
- I LOVE THAT!
WHOO!
THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
- SOME WEIRD [bleep] GOING ON IN HER HOUSE.
- OH, I'M KAT.
- HI, KAT! - HI!
- LIKE MEOW. LIKE MEOW. LIKE MEOW.
THIS IS MY VERY FIRST COOKBOOK.
WHEN I WAS BORN, MY PARENTS BOTH WORKED,
AND SO MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD COME TO NEW YORK,
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD JUST COOK ALL DAY LONG TOGETHER.
AND MY ENTIRE LIFE HAS REALLY BEEN ABOUT FOOD,
AND SO I REALLY FEEL AS THOUGH
I OWE A LOT TO MY GRANDMOTHER.
- I COULD LEARN A THING OR TWO,
'CAUSE IT WOULD BE MY VERY FIRST COOKBOOK.
I MEAN, IF, LIKE, FOUR-YEAR-OLD KAT CAN DO IT,
THEN I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW,
25-YEAR-OLD JESSICA COULD FIGURE IT OUT.
- SO I REALLY FEEL AS THOUGH I OWE A LOT TO MY GRANDMOTHER,
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS WAS REALLY THE START
OF MY ENTIRE LIFE.
- LIKE, I CAN'T-- I CAN'T JUDGE, MAN.
I CAN'T JUDGE.
SHE WAS A LITTLE BORING, BUT I CAN'T JUDGE.
SHOW-AND-TELL IS A SAFE PLACE.
- UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE OF MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER.
SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN MERCHANT MARINE, SO--
- WHAT? REALLY? - WOW.
- SHE ACTUALLY MANAGED ALL OF THE FOOD ON THE FREIGHTS.
SO SHE KIND OF CHANGED THE FOOD INDUSTRY,
AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO.
- THIS IS THE BEAUTY OF SHOW-AND-TELL.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, LIKE, OUTRAGEOUS,
RIDICULOUS STORIES,
AND THEN YOU HAVE REALLY TOUCHING, BEAUTIFUL,
EMOTIONAL MOMENTS WHERE YOU REALLY CONNECT WITH THIS PERSON.
- THIS IS A CHARM BRACELET THAT MY MOTHER LEFT ME.
THE FIRST CHARM ON THE BRACELET
WAS MY MOTHER'S HIGH SCHOOL RING,
AND THEN A LITTLE GERMAN BEER MUG, WHICH...
[laughter]
MAYBE I GOT THE DRINKING THING FROM HER.
AMAZING.
IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME THAT IT'S NOW MINE,
AND THAT NOW I CAN WEAR HER STORY.
SO...
- IT'S VERY COOL. - IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
- THANK YOU.
[clapping]
- BEAUTIFUL.
- WE CAN PASS IT AROUND.
- IT WARMED AND MELTED MY HEART
AND SHOWED ME A SIDE OF BRENDA
THAT I HAD NEVER, EVER SEEN BEFORE
AND DIDN'T KNOW.
IT MIGHT BE THE ONLY SOFT AND TENDER MOMENT
I EVER GET FROM BRENDA,
BUT IF IT IS, I'LL TAKE IT.
SO MOST OF YOU DON'T KNOW ME VERY WELL,
BUT THOSE THAT DO
KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN ENGAGED NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE.
[laughter]
- GOOD FOR YOU!
- AND RECENTLY, I'VE DECIDED TO PULL THE OLD WEDDING DRESS
OUT OF THE CLOSET AND TO SELL IT.
SO IT IS, VERY, LIKE, MEANINGFUL AND SPECIAL, OBVIOUSLY.
IT IS VERY, VERY, VERY...
OH, IT'S SO PRETTY!
- RESIST. RESIST! - AH!
- I'VE BEEN THROUGH WHAT WAYLYNN HAS BEEN THROUGH,
IN TERMS OF FAILED HAPPILY EVER AFTERS,
AND I JUST THINK THAT PART OF THE HEALING
IS MAYBE SHARING HER STORY.
I THINK WAYLYNN'S REALLY BRAVE
TO OPEN UP ABOUT HER PAST RELATIONSHIP.
- AS A WOMAN, I DON'T CARE HOW TOUGH I PRETEND TO BE
OR HOW TOUGH I REALLY AM.
WHEN YOU PUT ON A WEDDING DRESS,
LIKE, SOMETHING JUST MAGICAL AND SPECIAL HAPPENS.
BUT I'VE JUST KIND OF COME TO THIS MOMENT IN MY LIFE
WHERE I REALLY WANT TO ACT
HOW I WANT MY FUTURE AND MY LIFE TO BE.
- SELL IT.
- SEE? OKAY, THANK YOU.
- SELL IT RIGHT AWAY.
AS LONG AS YOU HAVE IT, YOU'RE ATTACHED TO WEARING IT.
SELL IT. - THANK YOU.
YAY!
SEE, I'M SO GLAD I DID THIS.
YAY!
THANKS, GUYS.
AND I ONLY CRIED A LITTLE BIT ON THE INSIDE.
SHH, DON'T TELL.
IF I WOULD'VE THOUGHT I EVER WOULD'VE ENJOYED
AN ADULT SHOW-AND-TELL,
I PROBABLY WOULD'VE KICKED MY OWN ***,
THOUGH I HAVE TO SAY, AFTER IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE,
I'M A LITTLE BIT OF A BELIEVER.
- HI, I'M NINA.
all: HI, NINA!
- PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AFTER COLLEGE,
I GOT INTO CROCHET,
WHICH SOUNDS REALLY STRANGE.
SO I ENDED UP MAKING THIS [bleep] DRESS.
- YOU NEED TO MODEL THAT.
YOU NEED TO MODEL THAT RIGHT NOW.
- WE ALL WANT TO SEE!
- KUDOS TO NINA FOR KNITTING.
TWO NEEDLES IN MY HANDS, NO, UH-UH.
I'M DEFINITELY NOT KNITTING.
LIKE...[growling]
I JUST--I WOULD-- UH-UH.
IT'S--THAT IS A FRUSTRATING, FRUSTRATING HOBBY FOR ME.
NO, THANKS.
- [gasps] OH, MY GOD!
[cheering]
- OH!
- NOW, I JUST REMEMBERED WHY I DON'T WEAR THIS DRESS.
[laughter]
- AH, SHOW-AND-TELL!
[laughter]
- I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE I GOT TO KNOW THESE GIRLS
A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I'M HAPPY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SHARE, YOU KNOW,
SOME DEEP STORIES,
SHED A TEAR OR TWO.
AND EVERY TIME I DO SHOW-AND-TELL,
I ALWAYS WONDER, LIKE,
"WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG TO DO THIS?"
- HOLD THAT GNOME!
YEAH!
- OW!
NINA!
- WHO ARE YOU TEXTING RIGHT NOW? - NOBODY.
- ARE YOU TEXTING CHRIS CRARY?
- SO WHAT'S GOING ON?
- AH, NOT MUCH. SAME OLD. JUST WORK.
- YEAH? - HI, GUYS.
- HI! - KAT?
- I'M KAT. - BRETT.
- NICE TO MEET YOU. - NICE TO MEET YOU.
- YOUR RESTAURANT'S SO CUTE.
- SOUNDS COOL. THANK YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
- UM, OKAY, HE'S, LIKE, SO CUTE.
- HE'S SO CUTE.
- HE'S SO CUTE.
[giggles]
GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME. GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME.
COME ON, BE PROFESSIONAL. THIS IS WORK.
- OOH, YUM.
- [laughs]
I'LL DO IT. I'LL DO IT.
HI.
YES, WE ARE.
IT WAS GOOD.
IF THE FOOD SUCKS, DOESN'T MATTER.
I'M NOT GONNA BE WRITING ABOUT IT.
BUT I'M STILL THINKING THAT HE'S REALLY CUTE.
- YOU LIAR.
- [laughs]
- ♪ I'MA TAKE, TAKE, TAKE THE WORLD TONIGHT ♪
- HEY.
- OH, HI! HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? - GOOD. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO.
- OH, WHAT'S GOING ON?
- UGH, IT'S GOOD TO SIT DOWN IN THE COOL AIR.
- IT'S HOT, HUH?
SO HOW ARE THINGS?
- GOOD, GOOD. - GOOD.
- BUSY, BUT GOOD.
SO THANKS FOR MEETING ME HERE.
SO THIS IS WHERE I THINK YOU CAN REALLY HELP ME OUT,
BECAUSE THE LAST KIND OF COMPONENT TO THE BAR
THAT I HAVEN'T PERFECTED ARE THE COCKTAILS.
SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH HARRY MORTON HOLDINGS
AS HIS DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
AND KIND OF SHOWN HIM WHAT I CAN DO OPERATIONALLY,
I'VE LEARNED THAT BAR SALES ARE HUGE FOR A RESTAURANT.
IT PROBABLY COSTS ME ABOUT 25¢ TO 30¢
TO POUR ONE OF THOSE DRAFT BEERS.
WE'RE CHARGING 8 BUCKS FOR IT,
SO IT LITERALLY IS LIQUID MONEY.
I AM JUST DESPERATE TO GET SAKE COCKTAILS OUT AND GOING,
BECAUSE IT'S SALES.
- OH, THE MONEY'S ALL IN THE BAR.
- IT'S ALL IN THE BAR. - YEAH.
- AND IT'S NOT NOW, AND IT NEEDS TO BE.
I NEED A NEW COCKTAIL MENU FOR FUKU BURGER STAT,
AND NINA SUGGESTS LINDSAY, WHO'S A MIXOLOGIST IN TOWN.
- SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ALEC.
[laughter]
- LET'S HOPE THAT HER TASTE IN COCKTAILS
IS A LOT BETTER THAN HER TASTE IN JACKALOPE TAXIDERMY.
SO WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO MAKE THIS WORK?
- WHAT YOU CAN DO IS SIT DOWN WITH 10 TO 12 TO 15 COCKTAILS,
AND WE'LL TASTE THROUGH IT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT,
AND YOU GUYS WILL BE LIKE,
"GREAT. I LOVE THIS. I LOVE THIS. I LOVE THIS."
BASED ON WHAT YOU EMAIL ME AS FAR AS NEEDS,
I'LL RESPOND WITH A QUOTE. - OKAY.
- ONCE WE DECIDE ON THAT, WE CAN GET IT UP AND RUNNING.
- EVERYTHING I LEARNED ABOUT BUSINESS,
I REALLY DID LEARN FROM MY DAD.
FIRST RULE OF BUSINESS: TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
EVERYTHING SHOULD'VE BEEN DONE YESTERDAY.
BUT I NEED IT, LIKE, ASAP. - OKAY.
- THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CANNOT PUT OFF ANY LONGER.
IF I DON'T GET THE WORD OUT THERE,
LIKE, THIS WEEK,
IT COULD MAKE OR BREAK THIS BUSINESS FOR ME.
IF I CAN INCREASE SALES, THAT MAKES HARRY HAPPY.
AND IF HARRY'S HAPPY, I'M HAPPY.
THAT JUST GETS ME ONE STEP CLOSER
TO BUILDING MY OWN EMPIRE.
WHOOP, WHOOP!
- WE WOULD JUST NEED A COUPLE OF DAYS FOR RECIPE DEVELOPMENT.
- GREAT. THEN YOU CAN DO YOUR COCKTAIL MAGIC.
- WIFEY.
- OH, MY GOD.
IT'S, LIKE, BEEN A GLAZING MARATHON,
AND I'M NOT KIDDING YOU.
I'M UP TO MY EARSIES ON MINIS.
OH, I JUST SPEWED ON MY SHOE.
- [laughs]
[door creaks, bell rings]
OH, WELL, HELLO.
- HELLO, WAYLYNN. - HI, ANDREW.
YOU DON'T GENERALLY SEE CHEFS,
LIKE, GO TOO MUCH OUT OF THEIR WAY.
THEY'RE USED TO, LIKE, HAVING PEOPLE DO THINGS FOR THEM
OR BRING THINGS TO THEM,
SO IT'S NICE THAT HE MADE THE EFFORT.
NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE, YOU WANT TO HANG OUT AND HELP...
- I GOT THIS.
- ALL RIGHT, WE'LL PUT THE HAIR BACK HERE.
- IT'S ALL ABOUT POSTURE WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS KIND OF THING.
SEE, I'M...
- GO, ANDREW, GO.
- I FEEL LIKE I'M DOING A GOOD JOB.
- YOU'RE FEELING CONFIDENT? YOU'RE FEELING GOOD?
- I FEEL LIKE, IF I WAS WORKING FOR YOU,
YOU'D TAKE ME UP TO THE OFFICE
AND GIVE ME A RAISE RIGHT ABOUT NOW.
- REALLY? - OH, MY GOD.
- MM-HMM.
- GOT IT? - YEP.
THIS--THAT ACTUALLY HELPS.
- [laughs]
- THAT'S ACTUALLY MUCH BETTER FOR THE BACK. OKAY.
- SEE, WE'LL JUST KIND OF...
- BUT LEAN INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
GIVE ME A LITTLE PRESSURE.
OH, MY GOD.
- YEAH, SEE, WHEN YOU GO UP AGAINST THE FONUT
AND RUB IT, IT'S GOOD.
- I THINK THE KEY IS TICKLING THE HOLE A LITTLE BIT.
I'M-- - HUH? HUH?
- I TEND TO GET A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE HOLE.
- WELL, YEAH, YOU DO.
- AND THAT'S MY PROBLEM.
- YOU CAN'T OVERFILL THE HOLE. - NO.
- I NEED A LITTLE MORE PRESSURE.
- SEE, SHE'S FILLING THE HOLE TOO.
THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON.
[laughter]
WAYLYNN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TOMORROW?
- I DON'T KNOW.
- HANGING OUT WITH ME.
- ANDREW DEFINITELY IS VERY CHARMING,
AND HE DEFINITELY TURNS IT ON.
BYE. - BYE.
NOTHING SHORT OF A PLEASURE.
- I'M SUPER HESITANT,
AND I JUST, LIKE, WANT HIM TO STOP,
BECAUSE HE'S A CHEF, AND I DON'T WANT TO DATE CHEFS.
AND IT'S LIKE, "NO!"
BYE.
- HE'S A COOL GUY.
HE IS A GOOD GUY.
- WE'LL JUST HAVE TO FIND OUT...
- MM-HMM.
- IF HE CAN BREAK MY NO-CHEF POLICY.
- I HOPE HE DOES, 'CAUSE HE'S--HE'S GREAT.
- AND HE'S REALLY CUTE.
- ♪ SOMETHING SPECIAL GOING ON IN THE AIR ♪
[both laugh]
- ♪ I THINK I'M ONTO SOMETHING GOOD ♪
♪ I'D TAKE YOU WITH ME IF I COULD ♪
- I'M EXCITED FOR DINNER.
HEY!
THIS IS BRENDA.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- SO IF YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN...
- SURE, WE WOULD LOVE THAT.
YEAH, COOL.
I GET INVITED TO A LOT OF EVENTS AND A LOT OF DINNERS IN GENERAL,
BUT 5x5 IS SPECIAL.
IT'S A CHARITY EVENT.
IT'S PUT ON BY FIVE OF THE HOTTEST CHEFS
IN FIVE OF THE HOTTEST RESTAURANTS.
AND BRENDA'S THE FIRST PERSON I THOUGHT TO INVITE.
- CHEF RORY.
- HI, GOOD TO SEE YOU. - HELLO, HOW ARE YOU?
IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- THIS IS MY FRIEND BRENDA.
- BRENDA, HOW ARE YOU? RORY. - NICE TO SEE YOU.
- THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN TONIGHT.
- YEAH. SO YOU'RE COOKING, AND...
- I'M COOKING--WELL, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO A FEW PEOPLE.
- OKAY, COOL.
- WHO DOESN'T KNOW OSTERIA ANGELINI?
KAT ODELL. - HI. BRENDA.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
- HELLO. - HELLO.
- GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. - AND YOU.
- THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT KAT
THAT I FIND AMAZING AT TIMES LIKE THESE,
IS THAT SHE CAN LITERALLY WALK IN A ROOM AND COMMAND ATTENTION.
- HI. - HOW ARE YOU?
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- AS A P.R. PERSON,
THAT'S A QUALITY IN KAT THAT I REALLY ENVY.
SHE'S LIKE, "EXCUSE ME. COMING THROUGH. SORRY."
AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT ABOUT ME?"
- MICHAEL'S ACTUALLY DOING THE FIRST COURSE.
- HOW ARE YOU? - HOW ARE YOU?
MWAH. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
OF COURSE MICHAEL VOLTAGGIO'S HERE.
HE'S THIS RENEGADE BAD BOY, TATTED-UP CHEF,
REALLY, REALLY, REALLY TALENTED,
AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WAYLYNN DATED HIM.
- WONDERFUL. - YAY!
- WELL, LET'S GET YOU BACK OUT THERE
AND GET YOU SOME CHAMPAGNE.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANK YOU.
- TO A LOVELY EVENING. YAY!
- THIS IS GONNA BE FUN. THANKS.
- I KNOW. YEAH!
I'M SO GLAD THIS WORKED OUT.
- OH, MY GOD. UGH.
- AMAZING. - SO ENJOY.
- THANK YOU.
- DIG ALL THE WAY DOWN, HE SAID.
- DIGGING TO THE BOTTOM. - YEAH.
- HEY. - HEY.
- HOW ARE YOU?
- HEY. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- MWAH. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HI, BRENDA. - HI! HOW ARE YOU?
- YOU GUYS LOOK GORGEOUS.
- SO DO YOU.
- THE OCCASION CALLS FOR IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- NOT TO BE THE FASHION POLICE,
BUT LINDSAY'S OUTFIT WAS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE.
YOU'RE AT BOUCHON.
YOU DON'T ROLL IN IN, LIKE,
A TANK TOP, A SKIRT, AND FLIP-FLOPS.
THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO THE RESTAURANT.
WE JUST GOT OUR FIRST COURSE.
- JUST IN TIME, 'CAUSE WE WERE LIKE, "DO WE WAIT?
WAIT, LET ME HAVE THE FIRST SPOON," AND WE DIDN'T EAT.
I DON'T KNOW LINDSAY THAT WELL,
BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING ABOUT HER
THAT DOESN'T SIT QUITE RIGHT WITH ME.
SO CHEERS.
- CHEERS!
- I'LL TALK TO YOU ALL IN, LIKE, TEN MINUTES.
- I KNOW, RIGHT? - ALL THE BEST.
- YOU KNOW YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME
WHEN NO ONE'S TALKING AT THE TABLE.
- THAT'S--I MEAN-- - SO GOOD.
- OH, MY GOSH. BEAUTIFUL.
- I LOVE THIS. THIS IS SO GOOD.
ENJOY. - THANK YOU.
- THIS IS ART. - YEAH.
- ART THAT I WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM EATING, BUT ART.
THERE'S SOME MOMENTS IN LIFE
WHERE YOU WILL EAT A BITE OF FOOD
AND REALIZE THAT YOU'VE NEVER TASTED ANYTHING
QUITE LIKE THIS BEFORE.
TONIGHT IS THAT NIGHT.
SOME OF THIS FOOD IS BETTER THAN SEX, FRANKLY.
- I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
- TOTALLY.
THERE'S, LIKE, AN ALL-STAR KITCHEN TEAM IN THERE.
- AND THEY'RE ALL GOOD-LOOKING TOO.
- YOU KNOW WHO'S SO CUTE?
WHO, SITUATION WITH-- NOT REALLY--WHATEVER.
TRAVIS FROM GJELINA.
- I DON'T KNOW HIM.
- OH, MY GOD, HE'S--
- MR. PONYTAIL, SCRUFFY, MAY OR MAY NOT BE HOMELESS.
EVERYONE WRITES ABOUT HOW HE'S A GOOD-LOOKING CHAP, YEAH.
HE'S KAT'S TYPE.
- IN ALL OF L.A., THAT'S, LIKE, THE ONE CHEF
THAT I HAVE THE BIGGEST CRUSH ON.
- I THINK I'M GONNA GET REALLY NERVOUS IF HE COMES OVER.
- OH, MY GOD... [speaking gibberish]
- I'M GONNA, LIKE, SAY REALLY STUPID THINGS.
- I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A CRUSH. I'M, LIKE, GONNA PASS OUT.
THOMAS KELLER HAS SOME OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN THE COUNTRY:
PER SE, FRENCH LAUNDRY, BOUCHON.
- YES. HI, I'M KAT.
- HI, KAT, HOW YOU DOING? THOMAS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
- HI. LINDSAY. - HI, LINDSAY.
- PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
- HI. BRENDA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING MEAL.
- YES. - YES.
MEETING HIM IS THE EQUIVALENT OF MEETING THE POPE
IN THE FOOD WORLD.
- YES. - THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANK YOU. - THANK YOU.
OKAY, THAT WENT RELATIVELY WELL.
WE DID OKAY.
[laughter]
- BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.
- WHERE IS LIBERTY FARMS?
- UP IN SONOMA.
- OH, OKAY. COOL. - OKAY?
- THANK YOU. - THANK YOU.
- I SEE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE CELEBRITY CHEF SHIFTING,
AND NOW IT'S LIKE THE RISE OF THE CELEBRITY FARMER.
I MEAN, WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT?
THAT IS DELICIOUS.
ENJOY. - BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.
THIS MAKES ME HAPPY.
- MM, I LOVE THIS. YEAH.
- I LOVE THOSE MEALS THAT YOU CAN WALK AWAY FROM AND SAY,
"THIS IS WHAT FOOD IS SUPPOSED TO TASTE LIKE."
LIKE, "THIS IS HOW EVERY MEAL SHOULD BE."
[cell phone makes swooping noise]
[swooping noise continues]
WHO ARE YOU TEXTING RIGHT NOW? - NOBODY.
- ARE YOU TEXTING CHRIS CRARY?
- NO!
I AM NOT TEXTING CHRIS CRARY. - OR HE WAS TEXTING YOU?
- FIRST OF ALL, LET'S JUST LOOK--LET'S PLAY A GAME CALLED,
"LOOK AT KAT'S PHONE
AND SEE WHAT CHRIS CRARY TEXTED ME LAST NIGHT."
LET'S PLAY THAT GAME RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS JUST YESTERDAY.
"I HAVE FUN AROUND YOU."
- I DON'T KNOW WHY HE HAS FUN AROUND ME.
WHAT DO I--I'M NOT THAT FUN.
RIGHT? - GROSS.
- RIGHT?
HE'S VERY NICE.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO MAKE OUT WITH HIM.
- IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT CHRIS.
IT'S ABOUT KAT.
KAT IS LIKE THIS WITH EVERY SINGLE GUY SHE MEETS.
SHE USES HER "WINKY WINKY"
TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT OF HIM THAT SHE NEEDS
AND THEN MOVES ON.
IT'S UNPROFESSIONAL, AND SHE NEEDS TO KNOW THIS.
YOUR "THINGS" ARE CONFUSING, BECAUSE, LIKE, YOU HAVE A THING,
BUT THEN YOU HAVE A THING,
BUT THEN YOU CONSULT, AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE A THING.
- DUDE, I CAN, LIKE, SHOW YOU ON TWITTER, LIKE,
ALL THE TIMES HE'S ASKED ME OUT ON TWITTER, LIKE...
- IT'S BULL[BLEEP]. IT'S TOTAL BULL[bleep].
- STOP WORRYING ABOUT ME AND JUST, LIKE, FOCUS ON YOURSELF.
I'M NOT FOCUSING ON YOU.
I'M NOT WONDERING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH WHOEVER.
I'M NOT TRYING TO CALL YOU OUT FOR BULL[bleep].
LIKE, JUST FOCUS ON YOURSELF.
- CAN YOU WRAP THAT UP FOR ME?
- THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO BE SO HANDSOME AND CUTE AND CHARMING,
AND IT JUST MAKES ME WANT TO [bleep] THROW ALL MY RULES
OUT THE WINDOW.
YOU'RE NOT GOOD FOR ME.
[giggles]
- WELL, HELLO.
ANDREW SURE SEEMS TO LIKE TO JUST STOP BY.
DEFINITELY MAKES IT VERY CONVENIENT FOR ME.
BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT TO MAKE OF IT YET.
CAN I GET YOU ANYTHING TO DRINK?
YOU WANT A [bleep] GLASS OF WINE?
WOULD YOU LIKE SOME-- - [bleep] GLASS OF WINE.
- WOULD YOU LIKE SOME BOURBON? WOULD YOU LIKE A BEER?
WOULD YOU LIKE-- WHAT DO YOU WANT?
- [bleep] GLASS OF WINE OR A BEER.
HOW [bleep] IS THE WINE?
MM.
[both giggle]
IT'S IN A PLASTIC CUP. THAT'S HOW [bleep].
- FOR STARTERS.
- YEAH, THERE'S THAT.
- MM.
A BEER.
- A BEER? ALL RIGHT. - YEAH.
- CASUAL, JEANS, T-SHIRT,
LAID-BACK IS MORE THAN ALL RIGHT WITH ME.
NOW WATCH, THERE'S PROBABLY NOT ANY IN THE FRIDGE.
THERE'S NOT. [bleep].
WANT SOME WHISKEY?
- DONE. SPLASH OF MAKER'S.
- DONE AND DONE. SPLASH OF MAKER'S.
- AND YOU HAVE THIS HERE FOR YOUR PURPOSES, RIGHT?
THIS ISN'T INVOLVED WITH ANY FONUTS, IS IT?
- YEAH, I MADE-- - OH, THE BOURBON--
- THE BOURBON PECAN ICE CREAM.
AND THEN I WAS MAKING OVER THE HOLIDAYS
A CHOCOLATE BOURBON PECAN PIE.
NOT GONNA LIE AND PRETEND AND SAY
THAT MY LIPS HAVE NEVER BEEN WRAPPED AROUND THIS BOTTLE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHEN I GET REALLY [bleep] PISSED OFF.
[bleep] CHEERS. - THERE YOU GO.
MM-HMM. DELIGHTFUL.
- DELIGHTFUL. - YEAH.
- ABSOLUTELY, WONDERFULLY DELIGHTFUL.
- REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL.
- COULD I POSSIBLY CHANGE MY NO-CHEF RULE FOR ANDREW?
THERE'S EXCEPTIONS TO EVERY RULE.
YOU'RE A CHEF. YOU HAVE TATTOOS.
YOU SMOKE CIGARETTES.
YOU'RE EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN
THAT I'M NOT HAVING ANYTHING EVER TO DO WITH.
THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO BE SO HANDSOME AND CUTE AND CHARMING,
AND IT JUST MAKES ME WANT TO [bleep] THROW ALL MY RULES
OUT THE WINDOW.
- BALANCES IT ALL OUT. - NO, IT DOESN'T.
- YES, IT DOES.
- YOU'RE VERY DISTRACTING.
YOU'RE NOT GOOD FOR ME.
[giggles]
[laughing] THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.
- MM.
- NEXT TIME ON EAT DRINK LOVE...
- AS A FRIED RATE, I WOULD PROBABLY CHARGE ABOUT 5 GRAND.
- AND IF THAT'S THE FRIEND RATE, WHAT'S THE NON-FRIEND RATE?
- HAVE YOU EVER DATED SOMEONE IN THE INDUSTRY?
- I DATED MY PUBLICIST ONCE, A COOK ONCE, A WAITER ONCE.
DID I SAY A HOST?
[laughs]
- I REALLY WANT YOU TO, LIKE, THINK ABOUT CONSULTING WITH ME.
- IF YOU THINK THAT I'M A GOOD FIT--
- THE FIT.
- DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR REPUTATION IS?
PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME THAT IF YOU WRITE ABOUT SOMEONE,
YOU'RE [bleep] THEM.
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