Come Dine With Me S2025 E27
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00:00Cheers, guys.
00:03On today's show, strange salutations.
00:06Do you ever meet anybody in the car and they do that real Irish...
00:09Tangin'.
00:11What about GD?
00:13Never heard of that in my life.
00:15We will practice and he will learn how to tang.
00:18Tangin'!
00:20Pasta palavas.
00:22Oh, shoot.
00:24Oh, it's too thin.
00:26And tattoo terror.
00:28I had a favourite and then they love my bum.
00:30I just must have done something immobile.
00:32But I had to run.
00:34Did you have to run?
00:36Can we see it?
00:38As five strangers knock up Nosh for a cloche full of dosh.
00:41Come on, my son.
00:48This week we're in Belfast, home to the Albert Clock,
00:51which is slowly sinking and has developed a lean.
00:55Oh, it's like being in Italy.
00:57I'll have to clean the windows.
01:00And hoping for a pizza, the prize money this week
01:03is finance worker and frustrated window cleaner, Andrea.
01:07Get inside.
01:09Tonight is going to be a winning night.
01:12I don't do this for fun, I do this because I want to win.
01:15That's a good reason.
01:17Cheers!
01:19She'll need to do better than Monday's host, though,
01:21food bank volunteer Donna.
01:23Who's budget-friendly menu impressed the group?
01:27Guess the price of this meal tonight.
01:29£50.
01:31I think after last night, yeah, I think I've got a chance to win.
01:34I'm up there. First, second, I don't mind.
01:37You're certainly first at the moment,
01:39and with a score of 30, you could be cashing in.
01:42But the guests had a bone to pick with your starter.
01:45So this dish, guys, is ales,
01:47but you're going to have to debone them.
01:49And accountant Kirsty had claws for concern.
01:53I tried to, like, disinfect my nails when I got home,
01:55but it was horrible that night.
01:57It'll be another three weeks before I get them done again.
01:59Never mind.
02:00For drag artist Aidan...
02:02Hi!
02:03..the fantasy theme was an absolute fairy tale.
02:06That was me coming out with a bang, ultimately.
02:09This is actually, like, a supermarket bag.
02:11No!
02:12People are going to expect me to be very zany
02:14every single time they see me.
02:16But private pilot James failed to impress.
02:20I missed the heel memo. I'm the only one not in heels.
02:22You're wearing school shoes.
02:24And he found the chant was anything but plain.
02:27This fart came out of my backside.
02:31I thought I was going to have to go to A&E.
02:34My bum was so sore.
02:36There was a lot of farting talk last night.
02:38Everyone farts, and it felt really natural,
02:41and then Donna actually did fart.
02:43For me, I was just blowing off some steam.
02:45Quite literally.
02:46So what's Andrea's plan to avoid turbulence?
02:48So my menu's built around Belfast slang,
02:51because I was born and bred in Belfast,
02:53and Belfast people have the best crack.
02:55Cracking!
02:57The first of her dialect-named dishes is the starter,
03:00Keeper Lit Soup, butternut squash soup with a kick.
03:03Keeper Lit, you know, that means, like, basically...
03:07Yes?
03:09Keeper Lit is like... Go on.
03:11I know what it means, it's just hard to, like, put it into words.
03:14What you would probably say is,
03:16come on, my son, so we would say Keeper Lit.
03:19Got it!
03:20Andrea starts by shaving her squash.
03:22It's really, really slimy.
03:24Slippery as those ails.
03:26It's a slippery little sucker.
03:28Oh, every time I think of them ails.
03:31I'll have what she's having.
03:33Not a big fan of butternut squash, but I've never had it in a soup.
03:36If I'd had it, like, just as a veg before,
03:38you probably wouldn't be able to taste it as much in a soup.
03:40And at least the squish will be squashed.
03:42Seeds scooped!
03:44Jesus!
03:45Meanwhile, Andrea pots her squash,
03:47then chucks in peppers, onions and garlic.
03:50And for that all-important kick...
03:52Why don't you just tell us what the spice is?
03:54Andrea...
03:56Some crushed chilli.
03:57Oh!
04:00I'll sure just wing it in, we might as well.
04:02That's the spirit!
04:03Chilli winged, she chucks in stock,
04:06gives herself a steam and tops off with sweet chilli sauce.
04:09There we go, perfect.
04:11She then boils and blends.
04:13We've got another kick.
04:14We had a kick last night with Donna's main.
04:17It wasn't too much of a kick, so I'll be comparing the kicks.
04:21All right, Geri Armstrong.
04:23My tummy doesn't like spice, so we'll have to go easy on this.
04:28And how spicy is it?
04:34It's a little bit spicy.
04:36A little bit? It's very spicy.
04:38Well, you did say it would have a kick.
04:41Next to prep is dessert.
04:43Up the lagoon in a bubble, passion fruit cheesecake
04:46with a shot of bubbly.
04:48So the passion fruit, the bubbly,
04:50that reminds me of one of my favourite cocktails
04:52because you always get a wee shot of prosecco
04:54with the cocktail I love, so it's great.
04:56It's a very, like, aggressive flavour for cheesecake.
04:58Wait till you see, Andrea.
05:00So I'll get my rolling pin, just to give her a good batter.
05:03That's another Belfast slang, a good batter.
05:06My arm's actually sore now.
05:08Spare a thought for the biscuits.
05:10She splashes in melted butter and smooths into glasses.
05:14So what's in the name?
05:16If someone tried to convince me of something that wasn't true,
05:19I would say, do you think I'd come up the lagoon in a bubble?
05:22And the lagoon is?
05:24So the lagoon is the River in Belfast.
05:26Gotcha. On with the cheesecake.
05:28I've never had a cheesecake.
05:30What? You've never had a cheesecake?
05:32I've never had a cheesecake.
05:34I have no idea what even goes into a cheesecake.
05:36The clues in the name?
05:38Cheese. And?
05:39Cake. Yeah, I may have misled you.
05:41Andrea concocts a cheesy mixture,
05:43pops in passion fruit puree and flops onto the base.
05:47Next, the fresh passion fruit.
05:49It looks like what I would class as tadpoles, frog spawn.
05:54I have never had a fresh passion fruit before.
05:58Now's your chance.
06:01You're OK.
06:03Not what you were expecting.
06:05I don't know what that is.
06:07It looks like something's grown inside it,
06:09like little green eyes or something.
06:11Quite frankly, I would not put that in my mouth.
06:14Oh, go on.
06:16Oh!
06:19I hope that's not the one you licked.
06:21Voila!
06:23I'm really happy with that, yeah.
06:25She'll serve tonight with a shot of Prosecco.
06:28Finally, it's the main.
06:30Wind Your Neck In Spaghetti.
06:32Creamy garlic parmesan pasta topped with crispy bacon.
06:35I don't think she's going to make her pasta from scratch.
06:38I think it's going to be bought.
06:40Wrong!
06:41As much as it's only flour and water...
06:43Eggs.
06:44..or flour and eggs, I mean, it can still go wrong.
06:47I've got you.
06:48Dough made, it gets a massage and a poke
06:51and she'll spaghettify it later.
06:54Why wind your neck in?
06:56Why wind your neck in?
06:58It's another Belfast slang.
07:00Is it?
07:01So the reason why I linked it up to that
07:04is because spaghetti, you wind up.
07:07Inspired. Sauce time!
07:09I love parmesan, I love, like, bacon.
07:12So that kind of would remind me of, like, a carbonara kind of vibe
07:16and I love carbonara.
07:18Creamy stuff's not good.
07:19Saucy, you know, like a nice tomato sauce with spaghetti,
07:22yes, that would be perfect.
07:24Unfortunately, that's not what you're getting.
07:27Shallots and garlic jump into melted butter.
07:30Is that a mug of wine? Yeah.
07:33The wine as well as stock and cream are added to the pan
07:36and it'll all meet the pasta tonight and be topped with bacon bits.
07:40The ideal ratio of bacon to pasta would be, like...
07:46..one bit of bacon for every, like, four bits of pasta.
07:49Ah, the classic pasta-pig ratio.
07:52So I've done all the prep that I can.
07:54I'm going to go and put my face on and get ready.
07:57And when it comes to the Be Yourself dress code,
08:00it's all about Aidan.
08:02It'll be interesting to see what he brings out tonight,
08:06especially because he definitely outdid me in the dress code last night.
08:10Maybe that's Aidan on a normal day and we're going to see that again
08:13and we're going to learn more about Aidan.
08:15I don't know what they're going to expect at all from me.
08:18Personally, I think that you can get a little bit of a glimmer
08:22of, like, of who I am under the make-up.
08:26And I'm ready for the crack.
08:31Keeper Lit is Donna.
08:33Hi! Hello! Hello!
08:37Oh, my goodness. A lot different from last night.
08:40Check you right out.
08:42Whoo!
08:45Next to arrive and channelling his inner TV presenter...
08:48Hello, everybody. Hello.
08:50..it's James. Hi, it's James!
08:52I'm back. Dressed all nice and dapper, but no young prince tonight.
08:56And no school shoes. No school shoes, what do you think?
08:59You two look like sisters or something.
09:01I think you two could be twin sisters, yeah?
09:04She's ten, 11 years older than me.
09:07Oh, ouch! So we're twins.
09:11Glitter and gold.
09:13Third up is human disco ball Kirsty.
09:16Hello! Hello!
09:18So handsome tonight. Thank you very much.
09:20He's a real James Bond type.
09:22James Bond.
09:24If only you weren't married, I could be your Miss Moneypenny.
09:27Whoo!
09:29I'm not really sure what Donna meant by wanting to be my Moneypenny,
09:33but I'm assuming I need to keep her at a distance.
09:36Settle down, 007, you're in no danger.
09:41MUSIC CONTINUES
09:43Last to the party, it's amateur gate wrestler Aidan.
09:48CHEERING
09:54It's lovely to see you.
09:56Did you cut your mum's dress up?
09:58No, I didn't cut my mum's dress up, I cut my sister's dress up.
10:01CHEERING
10:03All he wore was, like, black leather, and, like, anyone could do that.
10:07Quite a generic outfit.
10:10Just be yourself. I love that.
10:12Cheers. Cheers, guys.
10:15Coming up... That's spicy.
10:17Gagging guests.
10:19I've actually eaten bugs before. What?
10:21It kind of tasted like crisps.
10:23Smoky crisps.
10:25No.
10:27And dialect delirium.
10:29That's us now.
10:31Now. Now.
10:33That's us now. The crack was 90.
10:40It's night two in Belfast.
10:43CHEERING
10:45Where finance worker Andrea is hoping
10:47her Belfast buffet and local lingo will be the talk of the town
10:51and grab her the grand.
10:53In the kitchen, it's crouton chaos.
10:55Oh, whoopsie.
10:59And how's the soup?
11:03Lovely owl impression. How's the soup?
11:05That's spicy.
11:07The hot stuff is slopped into bowls and is complemented with cream.
11:11Nothing is complete without a bit of parsley.
11:13Voila!
11:15This soup is lit.
11:17Yew!
11:19Here we go!
11:21Butternut squash soup with cream, parsley and a kick.
11:24Party! Oh, yummy!
11:26Thank you so, so much.
11:28So dig in, enjoy and keep her lit.
11:30CHEERING
11:38SLURPING
11:44Everything OK, Donna?
11:46It was far too hot for me. I couldn't manage it.
11:49That's honestly banging. I love my spice.
11:52I love my sugar, I love my spice and that was like...
11:55Oh, yeah.
11:56That kick was just sublime.
11:59It awoken something inside me.
12:01I'm not sure what it was. Butternut squash demon.
12:04Is that a sass squash?
12:07It is gorgeous, but it's just a bit too hot for me.
12:09My mouth is burning right now.
12:11So I've never had butternut squash soup.
12:13Oh, wow.
12:15See, I knew that before you came, James.
12:17I didn't think I'd like it, but I actually really like it.
12:20And I definitely think the kick helps.
12:22You know, a bit of spicy, my mouth is nicely tingling.
12:25I think the starter went well. I think they really all enjoyed it.
12:28There was probably a little bit more spice than normal.
12:32This is called Keep Her Lit, obviously because of the Belfast saying.
12:35If I was to say Keep Her Lit,
12:37what would you think I was meaning by Keep Her Lit?
12:39Keep her going. Keep at it.
12:41Keep at it. Keep at it.
12:43Any other phrases?
12:44That's us now.
12:46Say that again, James.
12:47Say it a bit more broader, James.
12:49That's us now.
12:51But it has to be spelt A-T-S-U-S-N-A-I.
12:57Now. Now.
12:59Right, I'll give it a go. That's us now.
13:01That's us now.
13:05Come on, it wasn't that bad.
13:07It means we're ready.
13:10That's us now.
13:11Do you ever meet anybody in the car and they do that real Irish...
13:14Tangin'. Tangin'.
13:16How's it going there, lad?
13:18Like this?
13:19You all right, mate?
13:20Oh, yeah, it's fine, thanks.
13:22G'day, mate.
13:23Why Australian?
13:25Whenever you're up in the country and there's people on tractors that go...
13:29LAUGHTER
13:32I'm having the best time ever, like, come on!
13:35All right, now, I'm done!
13:37What about GD?
13:38Never heard of that in my life.
13:40We will break James, he will be broken and he will learn how to tang.
13:45He might need a factory reset.
13:49Oh, that was too big!
13:51That was half-directed at me!
13:54No, it didn't mean that!
13:55Tangin'!
13:57Oh, the banter was brilliant, it was.
14:01The crack was 90.
14:02Not 85?
14:03No, 90, all the way.
14:05Surely all the way is 100.
14:07You don't live in Northern Ireland.
14:09Oh, is that obvious?
14:10At the table, there's intrigue about Donna's tattoos.
14:14You are the chief of tattoos.
14:17Yes, we saw you have a tattoo here.
14:19Where else is your tattoos on your body?
14:21I have a big, massive one on my butt cheek.
14:25Can we see it?
14:26Oh!
14:27LAUGHTER
14:29The day I got it done.
14:31I was all geared up and the numbing cream and all on,
14:34but when he started vibrating the needle in my bum...
14:37Oh, no!
14:38..it just must have done something to my bowel, but I had to run.
14:41Oh, no!
14:42Did you have the runs?
14:44I felt so guilty because I used his partner's deodorant the full time.
14:49I'm smelling the roses now!
14:51What a lovely story!
14:53Donna is hilarious, like, she just cracks open just the funniest things
14:58about her.
14:59Crack?
15:00Literally.
15:01You caught yourself out there, didn't you?
15:03We started off last night talking about farts,
15:06and, I mean, now we're following through.
15:08Tomorrow night, we're going to be solid.
15:10Well, I can't wait.
15:11Pushing on with the main.
15:13Andrea attempts to roll her pasta.
15:15Oh, shoot.
15:16That's too thin.
15:17It's far too thin.
15:21I hope I'm within the right one.
15:23You can do it.
15:25Oh, my...
15:28Why didn't you do this earlier?
15:30Oh, my...
15:35Oh, my...
15:41I'm absolutely sweating.
15:45There we go.
15:47Woo!
15:48See, that's better.
15:50Eventually, the pasta meets the sauce
15:52and is topped with bacon bits.
15:54OK, that's it. Easy.
15:56I wouldn't like to see complicated.
15:58Here it is, homemade spaghetti.
16:00Wow, thank you so much.
16:02Right, guys, spin them forks.
16:04Wind your knuckles.
16:06Stop it!
16:13Absolutely gorgeous.
16:14Did you make the pasta yourself?
16:16Oh, my...
16:17Really?
16:18I absolutely love it.
16:21Perfect.
16:22Like, fancy, gorgeous, tasty, brilliant.
16:26It was a little intimidating, to say the least.
16:29This is, like, my favourite dish because I love carbonara
16:32and this tastes like carbonara to me.
16:34Absolutely beautiful.
16:36It was very overwhelming to hear that.
16:38And even Kirsty.
16:40I mean, I really went, like, spaghetti.
16:42I went weak at the knees.
16:43I mean, does spaghetti have knees?
16:46It doesn't, does it?
16:48It doesn't, does it?
16:51I need to be able to just always taste meat.
16:54I don't like to just taste just spaghetti every time.
16:58Now, the spaghetti was nice, like, it tasted great,
17:01but I need that bacon kick as well with it.
17:04Has anybody got, like, an irrational superstition?
17:08I do believe in, like, Friday the 13th being bad luck.
17:12I think 13 is, like, a horrible age to be out as well.
17:14Yeah.
17:15Like, you're just a nightmare of a person.
17:17I think when I was 13, I came out of my shell then,
17:19and in primary school, I was, like, so, like, innocent
17:22and so, like, shy.
17:24And you're not now?
17:25Shy.
17:26No, I'm not.
17:27Then when I turned into a teenager,
17:28I kind of became a wee rebel.
17:29Like, my parents were, like, regrinded.
17:31My parents could not control me.
17:32Did you just, like, escape out the window?
17:34Oh, I've done that so many times.
17:35What is the best way to, like, escape out of a window?
17:38Well, luckily I lived in a bungalow,
17:40so I didn't have much to bother.
17:42I didn't have much to bother getting out of the window.
17:45That's a good question, though.
17:46What's the best way to get out of a window?
17:48Open it.
17:49I asked for that, I suppose.
17:51If you need to get off a plane pretty quick,
17:53you need to take your high heels off.
17:55I hope Kirsty remembers to take her high heels off
17:57whenever she jumps out the window.
17:58Thanks for that, James.
18:00No, don't catch me. I won't be doing that tonight.
18:02Not on my heels, anyway. No way.
18:04Speaking of heels...
18:08Anybody want any spaghetti?
18:10Yeah, go on, chuck it in.
18:13Oh, delicious. Right, that's enough of that.
18:15Food time.
18:16Andrea pops passion fruit puree on a plate.
18:21Then mimes winning a Grand Prix.
18:30That's like one of them there.
18:33What are you doing?
18:35The better like this, a lot of passion went into this.
18:38I'll say.
18:40We're looking at passion fruit cheesecake and bubbles.
18:45I've never had cheesecake before,
18:47so this is my first time eating a cheesecake.
18:55Quite quiet there, James.
18:57The passion fruit flavour is gorgeous.
18:59I would just probably say I would like a bit more of the cheesecake
19:02rather than the biscuit bit. Yeah.
19:04It was lovely, but, yeah, I have to agree with you,
19:07it was a little bit too loose for me.
19:09The cheesecake just hit the right sweet spot.
19:12It was sweet, it was sour, it was tasty.
19:15Presentation looks good.
19:17By the sounds of it, it tastes really good.
19:19It does, it tastes OK.
19:21But it's probably not my thing,
19:23but that's probably me just being a bit strange about desserts.
19:26James, can I ask you a question? Yes.
19:28Do you like food?
19:30No, I do like food.
19:32You know, I just not like vegetables.
19:34OK.
19:37Ten years ago, I literally just had beans on toast,
19:40chicken nuggets, chips and beans,
19:42and that was everything I ate for, like, ten or 15 years.
19:45Like, that's all I ate. I was super fussy.
19:48Cos I hadn't even had, like, butternut squash,
19:50but you know what, it was really nice.
19:52Like, genuinely, so now if I was out and I saw, like,
19:55butternut squash soup, I would have it,
19:57whereas previously I would have been, like, tomato soup, tomato soup,
20:00and that would be all I'd eat.
20:02I get you, I get you. Thank you very much.
20:04You like it? Cheers for that.
20:06Now that I know that, I'm very proud of him for trying.
20:09I didn't get James the first time I met him,
20:11but today I feel like I finally get James and I'm happy about it.
20:16I am just a big foodie, like, I just want...
20:18I want to taste every single thing that I haven't tasted
20:21that is worth tasting.
20:23I've actually eaten bugs before. What? Grilled bugs. Bugs?
20:26It kind of tasted like crisps.
20:28It's like kind of smoky... Oh! I'm going to be sick.
20:32Smoky bacon? Crunchy?
20:35Oh, God.
20:38No, please, no, that's so gross, no.
20:41Are you OK? No.
20:44No, please, I can't eat bugs.
20:46I could definitely eat that. I think I'd like that, you know, as well.
20:49As long as it's not, like... Bugs?
20:51Like, it's really simple, it's on its own, just nice bug,
20:54and it's not crispy. It's crispy, it's not chewy.
20:57As long as they're not green bugs. Ah, yes.
20:59Grasshoppers, no.
21:02We opened a can of worms.
21:05Her food was absolutely gorgeous.
21:08So it was, so, yeah, I'm worried.
21:12Now my competition is Donna AND Andrea,
21:15and if my competition becomes any more than that, I'm in trouble.
21:19I hate to break it to you.
21:21At the minute, I'm definitely the one to beat
21:25over Donna's night last night.
21:27Scores, please.
21:29Tonight, I came in here not expecting to like any of the food,
21:32but Andrea exceeded all of those expectations,
21:35and so for that reason, I'm going to give Andrea an eight.
21:38So tonight, I'm scoring Andrea an eight.
21:41Hard meal to top, we'll see how I get on tomorrow,
21:44but I would love to give Andrea a nine.
21:48So tonight, I'm scoring Andrea an eight.
21:52OK.
21:54So Andrea's Belfast bonanza bags her a strong 33 out of 40.
22:01Next time, a horrifying host.
22:04Oh, my God!
22:06So he's hungry.
22:10They were a bit taken aback, definitely,
22:12and that's the reaction I wanted.
22:14And a dud dessert.
22:17I'm going to watch this.
22:20It was like rocket fuel.
22:23It was rocket fuel.
22:53.