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Grilled Pork Loin with Sweet Potato Bacon Jam
Grilled Pork Loin with Carolina Ruby Bacon Jam, Sweet Potato Puree and Pickled Okra
Sweet potato variety drawn: Carolina Ruby.
{Jonathan}: "I'm going classic with pork and potato. Can't go wrong, especially here in the South."
At presentation: {Jonathan}: "So I have a grilled pork loin with Carolina Ruby bacon jam, sweet potato puree, pickled okra to cut through some of that richness."
At judges' table: {Jonathan}: "I feel great."
WINNER of the Carolina Ruby round. Kristen Kish: "The winner of the Carolina Ruby round is Jonathan. Congratulations. It was close." Judge: "I just really like the treatment of the sweet potato. The sweet potato was the star of the dish. Everything else really enhanced it." At judges' table Tom Colicchio noted: "It was very close between Sherry and Jonathan." Jonathan was confirmed in the top five overall. Sean Brock added: "All five of you really took big, bold swings."
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