[Kathy] Previously on
Chef Dynasty House of Fang...
We have a new chef
joining our team...
-Krista.
-[all cheering]
[Kathy] Hiring a new chef
is part of my grand
expansion plan this year.
Are you still garnishing?
She's taking too much time
making these dishes.
That's gonna burn.
That's burning.
[Peter] The soup
is still here.
I'm sorry.
I'm gonna be cooking
from Kristi Yamaguchi.
[Kathy] I'm trying to execute
an extremely high-end dinner
for very refined guests.
And the kitchen
is 15 miles away
from the dining room.
My main entree...
my Lion's Head Meatballs.
It's been sitting in the oven
way past the time that
it needs to be in there for.
My biggest fear is that
I'm gonna be serving
an overcooked meatball
and this should be
my "Aha" moment.
The showstopper...
it's my main entree.
-We're short one.
-Short a meatball?
[Kathy] What the hell?
-I don't know what to do.
-[Kathy] This is a disaster!
I'm Kathy Fang.
I'm the chef and owner
of the esteemed and hottest
Chinese restaurant
in San Francisco, Fang.
In this city, my father,
Peter Fang,
is the godfather
of Chinese cuisine.
That came from Wolfgang Puck.
-That's pretty nice.
-[chuckles softly]
[Kathy] He owns the famous
House of Nanking
-just down the street.
-[cheering]
[Kathy] While most kids
grow up playing games,
I spent my childhood
studying cooking
and learning the secrets
of his success.
Get ready for service.
[Kathy] Today, I'm a chef
that takes a lot of risks
with my own dishes.
This is one of the new dishes
that we're trying out.
Just like my dad, I wanna
revolutionize Chinese food
and take our family legacy
to the next level.
I'm a two-time
Chopped champion
and one of the country's
most sought after chefs.
The only thing more fiery
than the food
is my staff.
I can promise you one thing...
there is never a dull moment
at Fang.
♪ I'm a legend in the making ♪
[Kathy]
I'm catering a huge dinner
for Kristi Yamaguchi's charity
for the creme de la creme
of San Francisco society.
If anything
goes wrong tonight,
my dad will put the brakes on
any future off site events.
-We're short one.
-Short a meatball?
[Kathy] What the hell!
Lo and behold...
there is a missing meatball.
I don't know what to do.
[Justin] You're gonna
use that? Okay.
I mean, we can only use this.
We're missing a plate!
And by the way, I don't have
any more of a...
pickled napa
cabbage because...
if I see that we're all done
with plating,
I wanna give everybody
a little extra.
So, he gets these green
gai lan vegetables.
[chuckles softly]
It looks like he's eating
at a different restaurant.
And he's sitting next
to Kristi Yamaguchi.
This is a disaster!
[Kathy] How are we
down a plate?
I thought we were
going to be...
22 diners in here now.
[Lillian] No, we were
supposed to be at 20
and then I told you 21,
but you invited two,
so it became 22,
but we never had
that extra plate.
Perfect, thank you.
I even got the special bowl.
-[chuckles]
-You did get a special bowl.
See?
The third course
is called Lion's Head.
My parents are both
from Shanghai
and Lion's Head is actually
a very traditional
pork meatball
that's cooked in a casserole
and so, they call it
Lion's Head because...
when you cook the meatball,
it actually resembles
a Lion's Head.
-Wonderful. Thank you.
-[all applauding]
Now, this is amazing.
[Lillian] See, Kat?
Everyone's happy.
You need to chill out.
You just need to learn
how to trust me.
I mean, I'm trying.
-[chuckles]
-I want to.
But maybe next time you can
book a place with a wok.
-Okay, I'll try.
-[chuckles]
[Kristi] Oh, it's the dessert!
[all cheering]
[Kathy] Despite the great
meatball caper
and the crazy set of stairs
we had to climb,
my legs are like... done.
Everything was amazing.
We'll all be showing up
at your restaurant. [chuckles]
I have to say that this is
probably one of
the best events
I've ever thrown.
Yay!
Now, I just have to hear
from my dad
on his review of how
Fang went while I was gone.
[all] Cheers.
Thank you.
I'm gonna need
a long, hot bath
with a bottle of champagne,
before I make that call.
-[all cheering, laughing]
-Thank you.
♪ h*! ♪
♪ Let's go! ♪
♪ One, two, three, four ♪
♪ We're the big shots now ♪
♪ We're the big shots now ♪
Hey.
[Kathy] What are you
doing here? [chuckles softly]
-I wasn't expecting you.
-I know.
What are you doing?
[Kathy] I'm making dumplings.
Alyssa's gonna be walking in
any minute.
Yup, that's why I'm here.
[Kathy] San Francisco is where
tech comes to thrive.
Every year, there's a cyber
security conference
and it brings over 50,000
to 100,000 people.
It's gonna be right next door
to us.
It's gonna be a huge week
and the pinnacle of this week
is a private party that
will be thrown by a company
called Entrust.
Caleb is a leading expert
in the cybersecurity field.
He's been asked to be
the keynote speaker
at the fireside chat
at the Entrust event.
[Caleb] I just wanna
be prepared.
I wanna feel comfortable
with how the event's gonna be,
since I'm gonna be
talking at it.
When you talk to Kathy,
I'm always Kathy's husband,
when you're in the world
of food.
But in cybersecurity,
she's like...
"Oh, you're
Caleb's wife." Right?
And so, that's my domain.
I got into security
when I was 14.
I was always on restriction,
because I was always
doing bad things.
Like, I kicked out
of four schools in one year.
So, my dad bought a computer.
And so, he put
a password restriction on it.
And I was like...
well, screw this.
And I figured out
how to bypass
the password restriction
so I could play video games.
I married a computer hacker
gone good.
So, these are the signature
Fang dumplings.
We're going to serve them
bite-size.
Is that for me
or is that the kind of...
Well, if I knew
you were gonna come,
I would've made like...
peanut butter jelly for you.
[Caleb] That's be good.
[Kathy] These are for Alyssa
to try.
-[Caleb] All right.
-You do realize that...
since the pandemic,
we haven't actually
done events on all
three floors at the same time.
-[Caleb] Yeah.
-[Kathy] I feel like
we're opening
for the first time.
It's like really stressful.
We haven't done it, you know,
in so long.
This is week
is the ultimate test
for my expansion plans
at Fang.
This is going to be a test
on the team...
to see if they can
pull it together
and make it work.
Oh! Alyssa's here. Hi!
-Hi!
-Hi! So nice to meet you.
-Oh, my gosh.
-Yeah, so great.
-And I also...
-And she's got a little
surprise for you.
-...show you some
of the dishes.
-Oh, my gosh.
-Oh, wow.
-This is actually...
two of our...
-best-selling appetizers...
-Oh my gosh, Kathy...
-...that we're gonna do...
-That looks so good.
...bite-size for the parties.
-The dumplings, the eggrolls.
-[Alyssa] Oh, so awesome.
[Kathy] Vegetarian eggrolls
is something that we all
grew up eating as kids.
-Oh, my God.
-Let's go upstairs.
Let's go. Mmm...
So, this is the room
that we're gonna use
-for the leadership
conversation.
-[Kathy] Yup.
[Kathy] Caleb's fireside chat
is going to be
kicking off the event.
And there's gonna be
about 20 people, right?
Oh, it's just a really
exclusive event.
We're only inviting like...
25 to 40 people.
Is that...
-It's kind of grown.
-40 is more... [chuckles]
Yeah, that's not what
I was expecting.
This is gonna be
the best spot for it.
-Right here.
-[Alyssa] Okay, so,
we'll do that.
Starts at 5:00,
probably half-hour.
They want to invite COOs...
CEOs, CMOs...
So, essentially all the chiefs
of these top companies.
I need to make sure that Caleb
is happy and satisfied
and all these people
are impressed by his wife.
So, I can't mess up
or have any failure.
Okay, all right. This is
great. This sounds good.
Looks like
everything's handled,
-so, I've got
somewhere to run, too.
-[Kathy] Okay.
So, tell me about the special
menu on each floor.
-Just to make this
even more VIP...
-Mmm-hmm.
...the people here are gonna
get apps
that are gonna be different
from what's being served
on all the other three floors.
[Kathy] The first app that I'm
thinking of doing
is a curry croquette
with a smoked salmon tartar,
which is very popular dish.
The second is tofu
and edamame in puffed rice.
The last one that we're going
to be doing is a crab salad.
And I don't know if they told
you about the 3D experience
and it's gonna be about
ten feet, so you're gonna...
This is gonna take up,
-essentially,
this whole section.
-Yeah.
-I think it'd be okay though.
-Wow. Okay.
Wanna go look
at the other floors?
-Yes. Let's go.
-Okay. Cool.
So, this is the lower floor.
This is a beautiful floor.
It's gonna be
the walk the plank
virtual reality, which is
so cool and so scary.
So, we're gonna
set up the plank,
so it's gonna go
from there to there.
-[Kathy] Okay.
-[Alyssa] And people go
and they put goggles on...
and what they see
when they walk the plank,
is they see themselves
walking between two buildings.
-It's terrifying.
-Oh, my gosh!
There's gonna be drones...
there's gonna
be a virtual, like...
"Walk the plank"
or whatever that means.
And then some 3D art.
I mean, it's gonna be
a circus in there.
So, a separate c*ck
for this floor.
We can do one special
-pasta app for this floor.
-Great.
-Perfect.
-We'll do one for each floor.
You must have to make
a lot of food for 500 people.
A lot. We are very busy.
It's no secret that food
that's actually
served at the conference
is bad.
So, people tend not
to eat anything.
By the time they get to Fang,
they are "hangry".
And they want drinks
right away.
They want food right away.
-To the main floor.
-Okay.
-So, it's netting.
-Okay, okay.
And they're gonna teach them
how to fly these drones
around the cage.
[Kathy] We have
a cage in there.
And there's to be drones
zipping around.
I don't... [chuckles softly]
I can't visualize this.
I don't know how
this is going to work.
♪ Ready to battle ♪
♪ We ready to battle ♪
Next week is a huge
cybersecurity conference
that happens every year.
We need to be on point.
RSA starts on Monday
and ends on Thursday.
On Monday, we've got
two private events.
Going to be a c*ck
reception as well.
Tuesday, we're gonna have
another event.
Meanwhile, this floor
is going to be open
and we are gonna
have reservations.
Wednesday, upstairs we're
gonna have about 85 people
for a seated luncheon.
Any questions so far?
I'm very nervous
going into cyber tech week.
But I do know that this
is very important to Kathy
and the restaurant to host
multiple events.
Personally, I'm freaking out.
At the end of the cyber
security conference,
we have the Entrust party.
The head count right now
is gonna be 500 people
for this event.
So, that's a big job.
[Lillian] I'm sure you've
probably noticed me
interviewing some people
coming through.
-Hi!
-Hi!
-Lillian's interviewing
somebody.
-I saw that.
-Hi. How's it going?
-Hey.
-[Christy] Another one.
-[Katie] And she's
super pretty.
-So cute.
-Oh, my gosh.
-Thanks for coming in.
Good to see you.
-Yeah, thanks for having me.
[Lillian] We are gonna bring
a few people on to help you.
Know that everyone
is replaceable.
What does that actually
mean for me?
[Lillian] Listen, it's weeks
like these that
make or break a restaurant,
because you can either gain
a ton of customers
or lose 'em all with
bad word of mouth.
It's my job to ensure that
Fang runs as smoothly
as possible.
Exceptional is the standard.
Krista, I know you're
basically the newest.
You haven't done anything
quite to this level.
We're gonna put your feet
to the fire...
It's the best way I'll learn.
-[chuckles]
-Yes. You're gonna have to
really, like, step up
to the plate
and go at it like,
really hard.
[Kathy] Krista's been with us
for several weeks now.
She's learned the recipes,
she knows the menu.
But speed is something
that she's still lacking
and it's so important
at the conference
to work very, very quickly.
Thousands of people
are coming in.
People want
things instantaneously.
She needs to make sure
she does not get frazzled.
-[all] Thank you.
-[cheering]
[all chuckling]
♪ This is how we do
This is how we do ♪
♪ This is how we do
This is how we do ♪
Here they come!
Uh-oh.
Even though I worked
at Fang for a while,
Cybersecurity week's
actually new for me.
I'm used to 70 people at Fang.
But 700?
That's a different story.
[customer] That would be good.
Forget this.
-Really?
-[chuckles]
My dad loves
the Cybersecurity conference.
So, all set.
He likes to go around and
order for everybody,
mingle.
These are clam wonton soup.
[Kathy] It's the one time that
he'll leave my mom in charge
at House of Nanking.
But there's a general rule
at Fang.
I'm the head chef...
and he stays
out of the kitchen
as much as possible.
Yes. He's here to help.
But he's also here to judge.
Hey, so, this is the tofu
spring role.
-Has chili sauce,
some cilantro...
-[Krista] Bubbly...
-...and a citrus-
ginger essence.
-[Krista] Delicious.
The sauce is gluten-free,
so, it's like citrus-ginger...
Ooh...
[Kathy] And then we're gonna
do this black bean.
-[Krista] Okay. Garnish.
-[Kathy] Put some cilantro...
[Krista chuckles]
-Ooh! Okay.
-Cilantro...
-[Kathy] Okay.
-[Krista] Fancy.
Hot dish right here.
-Everything okay?
-It's wonderful.
-It's good. Yes?
-[Christy] Girl.
This is crazy.
I'm getting my steps in today.
This is my very first time
doing double shifts at Fang.
I thought I was
gonna be just...
ready to go and ready for it.
I'm not ready for it.
[Kathy] Where is my
tofu salad, Krista?
[Krista] It's on its way.
Okay, can you get me
three of the crispy chilis?
Short rib skewers.
There's so many
different parties
on the top floor,
bottom floor, like...
everything's going on.
This is crazy!
Uh...
It's hard to keep up with
all the different servers
coming to me
and then the other
people just like...
coming to me for food.
And then the cooks are like,
"We need to crank these up."
So two orders and three.
-Two orders and three.
-So there's three pork,
three pork and one tofu.
[Kathy] Krista's been here
for a couple of weeks now.
There's no hand-holding
this week.
So, now you gotta move
really fast.
This is going to be
a true test for Krista.
In fact, this whole week
is a test.
We shall see if she will
sink or swim.
♪ I stay strong and steady ♪
♪ You know I'm always ready ♪
♪ Don't ever disrespect me ♪
♪ Take your best shot
Take your best shot, ha! ♪
[Kathy] On Fang's
docket today,
all three floors
are completely booked
for lunch service.
We've got
private events happening.
Full reservations.
And then for dinner,
there's a c*ck party
upstairs for 300 people.
Hi, Kathy. I'm sorry,
I'm late.
Just checking inventory
-and making sure
we've got everything...
-Okay.
...for the big
tech conference.
Day one of
cybersecurity conference...
Krista's performance
was underwhelming.
-We have a lot to go over.
-Okay.
I need to feel confident
that you can put out
the dishes quickly.
I've gotta train Krista
for Fang Olympics.
And also, I am going to
time you.
Krista's performance has been
lacking in one thing...
speed.
The timer.
[Kathy] She's already
feeling frazzled.
And I'm concerned.
This right here is
a salted daikon.
-Okay.
-We're gonna mince this
and so, let's see you do.
-Okay.
-[Kathy] I'm gonna time you.
I want you to make six.
The first appetizer that
we're gonna be doing
for the event
is a tofu edamame salad
that's full of flavor
and also easy to eat.
[timer ringing]
-You're gonna have to go
way faster.
-Okay, okay, okay.
Warp speed.
[Kathy] And then puffed rice
that goes on top,
needs to happen
at the very last minute.
A la minute, right? You gotta
put it on and serve it.
So, it's cold, refreshing
and crispy.
And the next thing we're gonna
do is a Duck Banh Mi.
-The deconstructed one.
-Oh, yes.
[Kathy] This is a special app
that I've created
for this event.
Okay.
-Okay.
-Make these.
-And remember:
fast, fast, fast.
-Okay.
-[Kathy] Faster.
-[Krista] Okay, okay...
[chuckles nervously]
[Kathy] You can't move
slowly like
you're at some
symphony, right?
It's gotta go fast.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Now, on to the sesame
chicken skewers.
[Krista] All right.
Of course, Krista knows
how to make
our famous Sesame Chicken.
She's been here for weeks.
But the question is,
can she make 50 orders
of sesame chicken
in ten minutes.
I'm gonna set a timer.
-[Krista] Is it going now?
-Go, go, go, go, go...
[Krista] Ah...
You're gonna be making
six different apps.
People gonna be yelling at you
and telling you,
"I need this, I need that."
While you're making
that sesame chicken
make six more of the
deconstructed buns for me.
-The duck ones? I got it.
-Yeah.
-[timer ticking]
-Let's go, let's go, let's go.
I'm not doing to this to try
to be hard on Krista.
I'm honestly trying
to prepare her.
Because in the heat
of the moment,
you've got kitchen people
telling you to make this dish.
You've got servers yelling
orders that they're missing.
You have got to stay focused
and you've got to keep
your head on straight.
Hey, Krista, we need six more
of the tofu salad, too.
Okay. Ah...
What's going on with my
duck salad, Krista?
They keep asking for it.
And the sesame chicken's
been a while now.
I know, I know, I know.
This is too slow.
-Okay, okay, okay.
-Too slow, we gotta get
the sesame chicken.
-Hurry, hurry.
-Aah!
[Kathy] Needs to go out.
Needs to go out.
I know the point of this
is to work my nerves,
but like,
really Kathy, like...
you're really working my
nerves right now. [chuckles]
Krista, the tofu salad.
When is that gonna be ready?
-You've got like 30 seconds.
-Okay, okay, okay.
[Krista] Ah...
[timer ringing]
It's not crispy enough.
As you clear and bus
every table,
you're gonna wanna reset
with all of the glassware.
-Got it.
-Okay.
New staff have arrived.
Tonight we have a party
for 300 guests.
And we're gonna need
all the help we can get.
-Hi.
-Hi.
I wanted to introduce you
to some new staff members.
-Hi, I'm Lizzy.
Nice to meet you.
-Hi.
Hi, Amanda.
-Amanda.
-It's a pleasure to meet you.
-And I'm Chris.
-Chris.
-Nice to meet you.
-It's nice to meet you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Christy] I don't know
if it's just me,
but we needed some
new males in the building.
-[chuckles] I know.
-I'm a fan of Chris.
-No competition for Josh.
-Yeah, yeah.
[Kathy] Cybersecurity week
is very chaotic.
It's a flood of all these
people coming.
So, for my team,
are they ready for this?
This is the first time
they're gonna be
working through
both a party and regular
dinner service.
Ready or not, it's on.
All right, guys. So, today
is a really, really big night.
We have a VIP event
that's happening up here.
I'm gonna have Lizzy
and Amanda,
because you're just starting,
work this floor,
while the rest of the team
helps with the main
dining room.
Chris, I'm gonna have you
shadow Joshua.
I'm totally expecting you
to be able to...
run this bar on your own
after tonight.
Teach me your ways.
-[all chuckling]
-Got you, brother. Yeah.
What? On the bar?
Like... what's going on?
This is my bar.
-Let's get going.
-Okay.
Yeah!
You're so welcome.
Welcome, guys! Oh, two!
Double fisting! Okay.
I'm gonna do some
Sesame Chicken.
For tonight's event
what the host is requesting
is that they want
all the pasta apps
to be individually plated
on disposable vessels.
Having to individually plate
every single bite,
that, logistically,
is very difficult.
I'm concerned about
how quickly
we can get dishes out.
We need sesame seeds
on these. Okay?
I feel like these stairs
are the death of me.
Running up and down
over and over again
with the weight
of these trays?
Got the steps in.
Got all the steps in.
And more.
[Lillian] What are you making?
[Chris] I'm making
a old fashioned.
Okay. I'll have to try this.
Let's see the verdict.
Mmm! I like it!
-Hey!
-Good to know.
Lillian has never
complimented me
on any drink that I've made.
She only criticizes me.
Wait right there.
It's like, one of like,
those cheap bars
I went to in college.
Like, what the hell!
Thank you.
[Christy] Hi, guys!
These is curried croquettes.
These are vegetarian. Yes.
People are just loving
these croquettes.
They're juts grabbing them
left and right.
Yes.
I have never seen this many
people at Fang.
All three levels
are filled with people...
shoulder-to-shoulder...
squeezing through.
I mean, when you walk around
with a tray of food,
it's off before you even get
to the other side of the room.
[Joshua] Let's stock up
some of this wine.
If you wanna just try and find
this one for now.
-It's in the wine cellar.
-Okay.
And it's... it's...
Ah... oh...
Hey, sorry.
You guys don't have
a wine cellar here, do you?
Wine cellar?
Yeah. Sorry.
Josh told me to restock wine
from the wine cellar.
[Kathy] Ugh...
What?
We don't have a wine cellar.
What is going on?
Are you like...
hazing the new hire,
telling him about
a wine cellar?
I don't have time for that.
I am like, trying
to work the line
and he's like, asking me
-"Where's the wine cellar?"
-I'm sorry.
-I didn't mean to get
you involved.
-That's definitely not
something, like, he should be
asking me about right now.
[inhales]
[Kathy] It's a madhouse
in here.
I certainly don't have time
for petty antics like this.
We're only on day two
of this crazy week.
If things continue like this,
we are never going
to make it through.
God help us.
♪ Wanna wanna make it ♪
♪ Wanna wanna make it ♪
Oh, my gosh. Last night...
crazy.
So, I'm making
this dragon tea honey
and Kathy decides that she
wants a very specific honey,
a date honey.
Getting all those
ingredients for her
could be my chance
to redeem myself
and really show her
that I'm serious about this.
-[Long] We're here, right?
-[Joshua] Here it is.
Okay.
[Joshua] I've never shopped
at a store like this.
I have no idea
where everything's at.
I grew up
in Northern California.
My mom's Caucasian,
my dad's Chinese.
He's kind of a hippie dude,
like, had the 'fro
and everything.
Which probably explains a lot
where I get kind of
my chill vibe.
But yeah, I don't know
how to read or speak Chinese.
So, this is definitely
out of my league.
All right. Let's go down
the list one for once.
So, we got dried bean curd.
Dried bean curd, like...
we just have to google it.
-Ah, okay...
-Okay.
-Okay. It's it packets. Okay.
-Interesting.
There's no signs. How do
we find all this stuff?
No. You're right.
It's just kinda
randomly scattered about.
Ooh! What's this?
-[Long] Is that it?
-Dried... oh...
-No. It's looks...
-Almost.
Ah... dried bean curd.
Yes.
[Joshua] The dried bean curd
is the top layer skin
when you're making tofu
and you just take that
and extract it.
[Joshua] Now, we got three
really big drinks.
It's called the dragon tea.
It's vodka-based...
that kind of thing.
We have a special honey in it
that Kathy wants.
It's called a date honey.
Ah, here it is.
Yes.
-Jujube tea.
-[Long] Okay.
Yeah. This is all dates.
But it's got...
much more nutritional value.
You know, it's got that like
honey-apple
kind of flavor going on.
But you know, trust me,
it's really good in a drink.
-We've more than covered it.
-[chuckles]
One of those are right...
-One of those
gonna work. Yeah.
-We've got all this.
[Long] I think you have
redeemed yourself.
[Joshua] We'll see.
♪ Let go ♪
♪ I can take you
To a part and go ♪
♪ If you follow me
Down this road ♪
♪ You ain't even gotta ask ♪
♪ Destination to a bag ♪
♪ Follow me, follow me,
follow me now ♪
We'll seat you
as soon as we can.
What do you like?
Meat, seafood, combination?
We've made it halfway
through the week.
Things are going okay,
I guess.
Okay, I've got these
pork-bellied buns.
It's exhausting.
But things are good.
I got you a table for nine.
My dad is in
seventh heaven because...
he loves seeing
the restaurant bustling.
And active
on all three floors.
How do you like it?
-Really good.
-Okay.
Three just popped in and
these two just popped open.
For a restaurant,
this is what you want.
Seven. Seven for a table.
As a chef, however,
it's exhausting.
And I'm beat.
But it comes
with the territory.
-Oh, good job.
-Good job.
Another day,
another double-shift.
[chuckles]
I'm here. I'm just trying to
like, you know, shake up
the energy a little bit...
get everybody like...
let's go.
Come on. It's gonna be fun.
-Hey.
-Welcome back. Welcome back.
[chuckles] How you doing?
We have two upstairs
and downstairs. It's a lot.
[Christy] I do feel like
my glutes are growing.
My arms are ripped.
-[laughs] But
my body is hurting.
-Yes.
Ugh...
[Long] Okay... presentation's
not fully there, but at least
you're seated.
Let me get you silverware.
Okay.
For once, Long is actually
seating people.
Unfortunately, it's
at the wrong tables.
That was the for the guy
for six.
[Long] No, she was just
seating for them.
-[Lillian] No.
-No, they said four.
My bad. I'm sorry. I didn't.
Long, I need help
for downstairs. Downstairs.
[Long] Kristi, can you help?
Kathy needs help.
We've got c*ck parties
upstairs for 300 people.
We've got full reservations
on the books.
We're running
on all cylinders.
-So crazy.
-This is so crazy, right?
[Katie] Like, there are
so many people down there.
And there's so much food.
I'm not saying we're running
necessarily efficiently.
-[Krista] Yes.
-Krista. Is this upstairs?
-Or downstairs...
-[Krista] To the...
I'm gonna go check
on the hot mess upstairs. Bye.
But we're running.
-Upstairs or downstairs?
-[Long] Downstairs.
Downstairs. That's what
I thought.
Okay. Where's my platter
for upstairs?
We have one more platter
upstairs, Long.
Kathy...
[Kathy] No, no, no.
Peter's here, but she won't
take his help.
[sighs wearily] Okay... so...
[Lillian] You look
a little stressed.
-Yeah.
-So, I have some ideas
to help you out.
I don't know. I can't even
talk about this right now.
There's just too much
going on.
[Lillian] Well, the kitchen
is so slammed right now.
Why don't you just
use your dad?
He's so helpful.
[Kathy] Oh, God. No.
I'm not asking my dad
for help in the kitchen.
Like, that's a thing, like...
No, I don't want him to feel
like I need him back there,
because I don't need him
back there.
I can handle everything
and anything that happens.
You've known me for,
like, 17 years.
You know I would not do that.
-[chuckles]
-I can't believe you're
even suggesting that.
Kat and Peter
are very similar.
They're super-controlling
and they only wanna be
the head chef in the kitchen.
So, there's no space
for both of them.
No, no, no.
But Kat needs all the help
we can get.
♪ All I do is slay all day,
all day ♪
♪ All I do is slay all day,
all day ♪
♪ All I do is slay♪
Cybersecurity day five?
Or is it four?
[sighs wearily] I can't even
keep track anymore.
The week's been so long,
I feel like I have served over
millions of people
at this point.
But I'm exhausted and tired
and the Entrust event
is happening tonight.
It is the most important event
of the week,
if not for the year.
It's one of the largest
and most complicated events
of the year...
and my husband
is the keynote speaker.
A lot is on the line here.
So, I've got to find a way
to get my energy back up.
[speaking in foreign language]
[man speaking]
[woman speaking]
[in English]
Did you see slash hear
Kathy going off on everybody
upstairs?
[Christy] She went off,
like, ballistic.
-[Katie] Stop.
-This is just lunch.
How do you think the rest
of the day's gonna go?
Drinks? Did you guys
get drinks?
[man speaking]
Really?
The way Kat has trained
her staff,
it's like mini-Chinese
restaurants in San Francisco.
I just got his
big table sat. So...
Yes. We just need
your assistance everywhere.
Kat has pretty much set up
her staff
to do shared responsibilities.
There we are.
Meaning that they can wear
so many hats,
from bartender...
I'll get their drinks
right now.
...to host.
Just making sure,
everything okay?
When you bus the tables
for anything dirty...
Busing... it's like
a team effort
and no one really has
a specific task...
I know. I know.
-Becomes chaotic.
-I already asked them
for drinks.
So, don't worry about it.
They're taken care of it.
And a circus.
[Kathy] Just a few minutes
at this other table.
[speaking in foreign language]
Kat is taking orders,
she's seating people.
She can't take everything
on for herself.
I can tell, she's at
the end of her rope.
I'm already, like, tired.
But the Entrust party is...
in two hours.
Yeah, It's a lot.
You're literally busing.
You're running around
screaming at the chefs
in here, the cooks...
I feel like, you need
to let go...
and let me help you delegate.
[Lillian] Kat can have
a delegation problem,
because sometimes she thinks,
"It's just faster if I do it."
But I'm like, "No!
You need to delegate."
You should only be doing,
like two things...
Handling the amazing food
that you make
and then mingling
with the guests.
[Kathy] I think
Lillian has a point.
You know, she's saying
that as the chef,
you should be in the kitchen.
I think, to help you
in this regard,
I think we need to have
a team meeting.
Just help me help you
and let me delegate.
All right.
Let's give it a shot.
I always complain about my dad
doing these things.
"Why are you busing tables?
Why are you seating people?"
Now that Lillian's
pointed it out,
I'm like, "Oh, okay...
I'm doing the same thing now."
That's not fun
admitting that. [sighs]
I'm becoming more
like Peter Fang.
♪ Don't you stop
Till you reach the top ♪
♪ Stay focused ♪
♪ Don't you never ever stop ♪
All right. Why don't you have
a seat? I'm gonna stand.
Okay, we don't have
a ton of time.
Tonight is the biggest night
out of this entire
Cybersecurity week.
We have to be perfect.
Investors are coming.
They're gonna have
a fireside chat
that my husband
Caleb's in as well.
This is a crowd
that we wanna make sure
are very happy.
I am personally upset by how
everything went down
this afternoon at service.
I actually thought...
that she was gonna be
like, great job.
Da-da-da-da-da.
But to hear the words
that came out of her mouth,
I mean, she's definitely
letting us know that
what we're doing so far
is not enough.
We need to step our game up.
I was busing tables,
seating people,
serving and do all the stuff
that I'm not supposed
to be doing.
[Kathy] The Entrust party...
literally like, could make
or break your restaurant.
We cannot have this
be repeated tonight.
So, to help alleviate
the issues that we had today,
we're gonna just
assign everyone
to specific levels.
I'll be floating around
on each floor
and helping you out.
Josh, you're gonna be
on the main level
holding down the bar.
Long, you're gonna be
on all three floors,
but mainly
on the ground level.
[Kathy] I have
a delegation problem.
That ends today.
Tonight is gonna be
an absolute madhouse.
Just be prepared and don't
get frazzled.
♪ I'mma be, I'mma be ♪
♪ I'mma be more like myself ♪
♪ Can't be, can't be ♪
♪ Can't be nobody else ♪
-Seasoned with a little
salt and pepper.
-Okay.
The Entrust party
is here and it's on.
Part of me is so relieved
because this is the last
event of the week.
But part of me wonders
if we can actually make it
to the finish line.
The Entrust people
are coming in.
They're starting to set up.
The lighting people are here.
We've got drone cages
being built.
Art installation
is being set up.
This is gonna be a big event.
-Long, can you check for me...
-I'm coming! Yes!
...to see if they need
food upstairs?
-[Long] Okay.
-[Kathy] In 15 minutes
Caleb's VIP event starts.
His "fireside" chat...
where he's gonna be
talking about
the industry with all these
chief executives.
At 5:00, we have to get
his event started.
By 5:30, we have to break
and shift into a small
c*ck party
and promptly at six o'clock,
we open the doors and now
the guest count
has gone up from 500 people
to 700 people.
It's going to be insane.
Welcome. Thank you all
for being here tonight.
Our special guest, Caleb Sima.
[all applauding]
The first appetizer
for the VIP event
is a curry croquette
with a smoked salmon tartar.
It has to be served timely.
The potato croquette
has to be hot...
and that smoked salmon tartar
needs to be cold.
If that thing sits too long,
you're gonna have
a very mediocre dish.
They're gonna be
like vultures.
-People are gonna want this.
-[Krista laughs]
This is the curry...
Yeah, curry croquette
with a smoked salmon tartar.
[Kathy] This dish has a very
short shelf-life...
which means Caleb
and his fireside chat
VIP guests better be timely.
I started out really
being a reverse engineer.
I'm gonna go upstairs
and check on the right now.
So, you've noticed,
most of my career
is very entrepreneurial.
And then I said, "Okay, what
am I gonna go build next?"
[Lillian] I've known Caleb
for as long as
he and Kat have been married.
I love him dearly.
The man can talk
and people are eating it up.
But you know what
they're not eating?
Kat's hors d'oeuvres.
[sighs] Okay.
I'm calm. I'm okay.
Caleb knows the timeline.
[breathes] It'll be okay.
They're still being made
fun of, by the way
in the valley...
[all laughing]
...testing which many
of you are aware of...
I automated
a lot of my tooling...
Once you've built
a rocket ship,
it blows up... that's it.
...unpatched boxes,
databases wide open
on the internet.
[Kathy] Oh, my God. Caleb.
[chuckles] I mean, you know
when this is supposed to end
and the clock is ticking.
And so, I built this
company called SPI Dynamics,
ran it for quite a while.
Have you ever seen
one of those crime shows
where the wives
lose their minds
and k*ll their husband?
I think I'm getting
close to that.
[Caleb] ...and understanding
the background
of venture capital...
Blue Box and it was focused
on mobile applications.
♪ Ain't got no time to waste ♪
♪ Gotta get the level baby ♪
I've been doing security
since the mid-90s.
The problems I see
in a small tech company,
that's a problem to solve.
Ugh! I am so upset right now.
Like, Caleb is fricking
still talking.
Protection and prevention
takes time.
My appetizers
have been sitting there,
obviously, because he
just keeps talking.
We have to redo another batch.
Like, I can't...
it's like trash.
So, I need another set
of croquettes, like ASAP.
My plans are totally
messed up.
When one thing gets delayed,
it snowballs into a much
bigger problem
for the kitchen.
That means we have to make
double the amount of food
in way less time.
This is a huge problem.
Got five minutes.
So frustrating.
All right, the croquettes
are coming out.
Okay, good job, Krista.
You kept your head
above water.
We're not stressed.
You just did it
and we got it out.
[all applauding]
We did it. [chuckles softly]
I'm gonna give you two more
platters of the croquette.
Ah... we've waited so long.
Let's get this party started.
When the floodgates open,
you've got a 100 people
coming in,
rushing in, waiting for
drinks and food.
People are literally standing
in front of our
kitchen and being like,
"Where's the food?"
-[Kathy] This is
for the main floor.
-[woman] Okay.
[Kathy] Chicken pot stickers.
This is not how I envisioned
this event to begin.
We're 30 minutes behind.
Which means, all the people
who were supposed to come in
at that six o'clock
time frame,
now there's
this bottleneck, right?
You've got people who are
rushing in from six o'clock...
also people coming in
from 6:30.
So, instead of having
a very manageable
trickle-in of guests,
we have a flood.
[Krista] Oh, my gosh, Kathy.
We can't go fast enough.
These are the curry croquettes
with salmon tartar. Yes.
[Lillian] Hey, Kat.
I don't wanna freak you out,
but I wanted to let you know
that things are filling up
very quickly now
and we have 300 people
here, already.
-[Kathy] Okay.
-So, I would just be heavy
on the hors d'oeuvres.
[Joshua] Yeah. We need
some more ice.
So, everybody's arriving
and it's like techy party
VIP Central in here.
There's this cool
virtual reality going on.
There's drones everywhere.
I'm here for it...
I feel like...
I'm at the party, too,
not just working the party.
Thank you.
Hey, Kat.
Now we're at about 500 people.
-500? Okay. Okay.
-Yes.
[Lillian] And it's
super-packed like sardines.
It's like they all came in
at the same time
and they're super-hungry.
Anything you can do
to speed it up?
That's great. I will keep
passing drinks.
-Okay.
-[Lillian] Okay. Thanks.
Yup, yup, yup.
This is crazy.
I know, I've never been like
this stressed ever.
My dad looks
concerned. [chuckles]
-I think your dad
is freaking out.
-I'm stressed.
My dad's stressed, too.
[Kathy] This one is
a salt n' pepper
mushroom. Vegetarian.
[Lizzy] Yeah. I just need six
of the specialty.
The servers are lined up
waiting for food
with their trays.
I have a dish out here
for upstairs.
We've got so many people
up front.
This is way more people
than I expected
to come in at once.
It doesn't ever matter
at this point.
Whichever floor needs food...
upstairs, downstairs...
Never in my wildest dreams
did I expect this.
We're at max capacity.
Yeah, I know. I know.
It went from 500 to now 700.
You can see...
She's walking
very quickly to...
This is just like me.
It's busy. It's busy.
This is so busy.
There's so many people.
[Peter] So many people.
Need any help?
-No, no, no.
-Do you need help?
We're gonna do more duck.
Hey, Chefs.
I'm trying to go
as fast as possible.
They're just like,
eating super-fast
and they're still hungry.
[Kathy] We are running behind.
[Christy] Kathy, we're really
running out
of appetizers upstairs.
[Kathy] We're working
as fast as possible.
Yes. The sesame
chicken... coming.
All right, I'm gonna
come back for those.
Even though
we are slammed as hell...
our new servers and our
old pro-servers
are starting to gel.
We would be doing fine
if we just
had more food to serve.
[Peter speaking]
Yes, yes, we do need
-it indeed.
-[woman] Yeah.
[Kathy] I need help.
I'm trying to make a plate
for the upstairs VIP.
Dumplings are out...
So, we're gonna
do the eggrolls
and then we have to cut
into three pieces.
I accepted my dad's
offer for help,
because, you know, it's
kind of a sentimental thing.
My dad likes to feel needed.
Like, he's still got it.
And I may have...
needed a little help.
We need dumplings, baba.
I just wanna transfer it over,
make it look nice.
I think, we definitely
cook well together.
[speaking in foreign language]
[Peter in English]
So, I always say,
"When it's busy...
first over yourself,
you calm down."
And you're just thinking
how to do it.
The dumpling
is for this floor.
You get in sync.
I know, like, how he thinks.
He knows exactly how I think.
So, when we work,
everything is very clear.
We have another one.
A pork meatball.
Potato ball.
Here we go. One more
platter for upstairs.
Nanking chicken sticker.
Oh, my God.
Thanks, Dad for helping.
There's like too many people
going on right now.
♪ We are victorious ♪
-Nailed it.
-You nailed it.
We pulled it off.
It's a tough pill
to swallow...
but at times, I do need help.
And the best people to ask
help from is family.
♪ We are victorious ♪
[Kathy] Next on
Chef Dynasty House of Fang.
We're doing a dinner
for Napa Valley Festival.
Wine makes happy mommies.
-[chuckles]
-Yeah... definitely.
[Kathy] These people
are experts.
There's no room
for mistake here.
Green beans are just
reading a little bit
pedestrian.
Okay.
Since when are green beans
considered pedestrian?
We're gonna have
some staffing issues.
Oh, my gosh.
Peter's gonna be so upset.
I'm scared to tell my dad...
'cause my dad
is going to flip.
I'm gonna have to close Fang.
-What?
-This is exactly
what I was afraid of.
[Peter] No... no... no close.
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01x04 - Fully Booked
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Chef Kathy Fang serves up mouthwatering fusion dishes that challenge everything you thought you knew about Chinese food.
Chef Kathy Fang serves up mouthwatering fusion dishes that challenge everything you thought you knew about Chinese food.