Top Chef ™
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Corn Gazpacho with Lobster
Cesar: "I'm working on my corn and ground cherry gazpacho with variations of cherry tomatoes, sweet pepper, some cucumber. So pretty much everything coming from that farm, everything tastes amazing. So excited about that. The corn is very, very sweet. I didn't have to add any sugar to it. The freshness of the corn with the sweetness of the lobster is going to go really nicely."
Cesar: "The cherry tomatoes are nice and a little sweet, a little bit of a tartness. So I need something kind of creamy, a little nutty. Fill them up with a pistachio cream. I just want to give it a kiss of smoke. That kind of, like, Summer Grill situation."
"I'm going for bright colors. The bright yellow in the corn, the bright green in the dill, the pop of reds from the tomatoes. To me, it screams summer. This is a really nice challenge, something I connect with very well."
Presenting to Judges
"This is a corn gazpacho, slightly smoked cherry tomatoes that have been filled with pistachio cream, and a lightly poached lobster."
Judges
"I wish the corn was sweeter because I actually don't taste the true delicious sweet corn flavor."
" For me, saving Cesar's dish is the smoked tomato because it's actually bringing a flavor. It's bringing dimension."
"I thought the nut and this cream sauce, I thought it was a pretty good combination."
"I liked it too."
"It's a good dish."
