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The Sidemen introduce a cooking challenge with a twist: two teams will prepare three dishes, but in each round, one player from each team is an imposter tasked with sabotaging their own team's cooking. If the imposter succeeds and remains uncaught, they win £3,000. If their teammates vote them out, the teammates win the money.
The first challenge is to cook focaccia bread and espresso martinis. The imposters for this round are revealed to be Tobi for one team and Harry for the other. The teams quickly descend into chaos, with accusations flying over incorrect ingredients, oven issues, and general incompetence. Harry is particularly suspicious due to odd actions like bringing blue cheese to the focaccia and putting coffee beans on the bread. The judges find both teams' focaccia bread to be unappetizing, with one being an 'inedible soup' and the other too salty. One team's espresso martini is good, while the other's is watery, failing to froth.
The tasting reveals the blue team's focaccia is a complete disaster, described as foul and uncooked, scoring a 0.3. The red team's focaccia is slightly better but still too salty, scoring a 4. The judges rate the blue team's espresso martini an 8 and the red team's a 6. The blue team wins. The blue team correctly identifies Tobi as their imposter, who admits he couldn't do much because they were watching him closely. The red team struggles to identify their imposter, ultimately voting for Simon and Chip, but the imposter is eventually revealed to be Harry, who confesses to adding coffee beans to the espresso martini.
For the second round, the teams must prepare dauphinoise potatoes, stuffed chicken, and green beans. The new imposters are revealed: Ethan for one team and Josh for the other. The teams immediately become paranoid, constantly checking on each other. Issues arise with scales, an oven being repeatedly turned off, and suspicious ingredient additions like vanilla to the potatoes. Ethan's team excels with the chicken, despite his imposter role, while Josh's team struggles again with the potatoes, which are found to have a strange taste due to the vanilla.
The judging for Round 2 begins. The chicken is well-cooked on both sides, with the blue team's chicken receiving an 8 and the red team's a 7.5. The green beans are deemed equal. However, the potatoes are where the sabotage becomes apparent. The red team's potatoes taste strongly of peppermint, which Josh denies adding. The blue team wins the round. The blue team correctly identifies Ethan as their imposter, who admits to adding peppermint to the potatoes. The red team struggles to find their imposter, with Harry accusing Vik, and ultimately, Vik is incorrectly voted out. Josh is revealed to be the actual imposter for the red team, admitting to adding vanilla essence to the potatoes and butter to the beans.
The final round is Bailey's tiramisu. The imposters for this round are revealed: Josh for one team and Tobi for the other. Harry on Josh's team becomes suspicious due to odd behavior and egg issues. Confusion over ingredients, missing measurements, and general disarray plague both teams, particularly the red team with their custard. The blue team's tiramisu looks more visually appealing, despite their own struggles with finding proper tools and mixing.
For the final round, the blue team's tiramisu scores a 7 for presentation from the judge, a five from the other team. The red team's tiramisu is criticized for its appearance but praised for its taste, described as a delicious chocolate custard, while the blue team's is described as milk. The judge reveals that the blue team's tiramisu has a strong peppermint taste, indicating sabotage. The red team wins the final round. The blue team votes for Harry as their imposter, but he reveals it's Tobi, who admits to putting milk in the custard. For the red team, the team votes for Simon, but Josh is revealed to be the imposter, having added an entire bottle of peppermint extract to the tiramisu mixture to secure a win without being caught. The video concludes with the Sidemen reflecting on the challenges and successes of each imposter.