Attack Of The Gravia Idols

Air Date: 02/29/2004

Contestants: Kumada Youko (熊田曜子), Inoue Waka (井上和香), Morishita Chisato (森下千里)

Guest Judges: Mutou Keiji (武藤敬司)

Theme Ingredient/Recipes:
Onions (from Hokkaido) / Hayashi Rice and Onion Gratin Soup

Recap: This episode featured three Gravia Idols cooking for a professional wrestler/actor. It promised to be a very interesting episode, because all three of the idols had a very hit or miss record on the show. During the intro segment, more than a little attention was focused on some of the specifics of being a Gravia idol (ie: measurements) and there was some concern over their ability to cook these dishes.

Hayashi rice is like a curry rice, though not as spicy. Everything appeared to be going okay in the cooking stages of this dish, although there was a question about the amount of certain ingredients the idols were using. The soup was a different story for at least Youko, as she didn't use any consomme but straight cream instead.

Chisato was up first and appeared to do good on her soup, as Keiji liked it. But in what was to become the theme this episode, the other judges had more questions and concerns about it. Though they all agreed that her rice dish was a bit different, as it was way too spicy for everyones taste.

Next up was Youko, and everyone was wondering where the soup was in her dish (since she used cream instead). The result is as you would expect for someone who had baked cream in an oven. Hot Onion Ice Cream was the taste that they got from it. The curry wasn't much better, as it came out of the dish like molasses. It tasted even worse and she was almost chased off the set by Keiji, as he almost threw his chair at her. Apparently there was way too much wine in her curry. Even Emi-chan got some assistance getting to the Bucket of Love

Last up was Waka-chan, who has slowly been improving her cooking skills, after a very rocky start on the series (I would rate her with Nori-chan or Yuuko-chan in terms of dishes - even though her father is a well-known chef). With both dishes it looked as if there was a problem at first. However, the regulars overrode Keiji on the soup and a second tasting of the curry determined that it was really good. She ended up doing extremely well on both dishes, much to both her and the judges delight.

Ranking was smooth except for Ryouko. She ended up having her nameplate slammed around the studio, finally being put on a mover's cart and rolled far out into the studio behind the set. She ended up just above the Bottom Epu ranking. Waka continued her climb to the Special Epu.

Ranking ( out of 121 ):
Inoue Waka: 27 -> 19
Morishita Chisato: 44 (Reset)
Kumada Youko: 39 -> 120