WEBVTT 00:02.530 --> 00:03.430 - [Rachael Ray] Welcome everybody! 00:03.430 --> 00:05.280 We are so excited around here today, 00:05.280 --> 00:06.670 because it is Veterans' Day. 00:06.670 --> 00:09.451 And we're joined by five active service members. 00:09.451 --> 00:11.604 (audience cheers and claps) 00:11.604 --> 00:13.014 - [Sunny] And one inactive. 00:13.014 --> 00:14.840 - [Rachael] And one inactive, 00:14.840 --> 00:16.270 my girlfriend Sunny here. 00:16.270 --> 00:17.830 These service members behind us. 00:17.830 --> 00:19.930 They are from each of the branches 00:19.930 --> 00:21.390 of the United States Armed Forces. 00:21.390 --> 00:23.440 We have Army, Navy, Air Force, 00:23.440 --> 00:25.161 Marines, and Coast Guard! 00:25.161 --> 00:26.469 - [Sunny] Yay! 00:26.469 --> 00:28.640 (audience claps) 00:28.640 --> 00:29.473 - [Rachael] Why are they spending 00:29.473 --> 00:30.800 their Veterans' Day with us? 00:30.800 --> 00:32.390 They are all chefs. 00:32.390 --> 00:34.700 And they are cooking up a storm. 00:34.700 --> 00:37.280 We have, as she just sort of gave away here, 00:37.280 --> 00:40.120 of course, our own veteran and chef. 00:40.120 --> 00:42.859 This is Air Force Senior Airman 00:42.859 --> 00:45.173 Sunny Anderson co-hosting. 00:46.629 --> 00:48.260 (audience claps) 00:48.260 --> 00:49.940 So today's show, 00:49.940 --> 00:51.060 we have challenged all 00:51.060 --> 00:52.440 of these accomplished chefs, 00:52.440 --> 00:54.041 to represent their branch, 00:54.041 --> 00:57.080 and create their very best 30 minute meal! 00:58.469 --> 01:00.210 - [Cooper] One of my favorite things 01:00.210 --> 01:01.580 about being in the Navy 01:01.580 --> 01:03.790 is the camaraderie that I have 01:03.790 --> 01:05.840 being stationed on a destroyer. 01:05.840 --> 01:07.170 The hardest thing about cooking 01:07.170 --> 01:09.023 on a Navy ship is the rocking. 01:09.964 --> 01:13.390 Going back and forth, if I got a cake in the oven 01:13.390 --> 01:15.750 it's coming out lopsided, good God! 01:15.750 --> 01:17.943 It makes me upset, but I get through it. 01:19.360 --> 01:20.540 - [Rachael] The chefs have been cooking. 01:20.540 --> 01:22.370 They're already working their way through 01:22.370 --> 01:24.500 our 30 minute time clock. 01:24.500 --> 01:26.590 But please welcome from the Navy, 01:26.590 --> 01:29.163 Culinary Specialist First Class Stephanie Cooper! 01:30.306 --> 01:32.549 (audience claps) 01:32.549 --> 01:34.674 - [Rachael] Chef, can you just take one second 01:34.674 --> 01:36.500 to tell us what you're making for us-- 01:36.500 --> 01:38.024 what you're preparing and why? 01:38.024 --> 01:38.857 - [Cooper] Sure. 01:38.857 --> 01:41.140 I am making a red snapper over a 01:41.140 --> 01:43.960 pan-seared cabbage, peppers, and onions, 01:43.960 --> 01:45.873 drizzled with lemon Dijon vinaigrette. 01:47.601 --> 01:50.220 - [Rachael] Oooh, delightful and figure-friendly. 01:50.220 --> 01:51.450 - [Sunny] And the boat's not rocking. 01:51.450 --> 01:52.540 - [Cooper] Oh no, the boat's not rocking. 01:52.540 --> 01:54.900 With this, it's fine, I don't have to check it 01:54.900 --> 01:56.610 like I have to do at sea. 01:56.610 --> 01:57.443 - [Rachael] And why did you choose 01:57.443 --> 01:58.440 to make this for us today, chef? 01:58.440 --> 01:59.640 - [Cooper] Well, the only reason why I chose 01:59.640 --> 02:01.630 to make is because I actually have a friend. 02:01.630 --> 02:04.760 She does not like fish, seafood, none at all. 02:04.760 --> 02:07.350 So when I made this dish, I told her to try it. 02:07.350 --> 02:08.705 She said, "Ooh, I don't wanna taste it, 02:08.705 --> 02:09.538 I don't wanna taste it." 02:09.538 --> 02:11.410 So I'm like, "Look, you're gonna try this. 02:11.410 --> 02:12.890 And you'll like it." 02:12.890 --> 02:15.290 So, she tried it and loved it. 02:15.290 --> 02:16.960 She's all, "Oh, it tastes like chicken." 02:16.960 --> 02:19.196 But I hope it doesn't taste like chicken today. 02:19.196 --> 02:20.029 (laughter) 02:20.029 --> 02:21.160 - [Rachael] Snapper's the chicken of the sea 02:21.160 --> 02:21.993 they tell us. 02:21.993 --> 02:23.293 - [Cooper] Yeah, there you go! 02:23.293 --> 02:24.500 - [Rachael] Of course, today is 02:24.500 --> 02:25.800 Veteran's Day, everybody. 02:25.800 --> 02:27.040 We are so lucky here because 02:27.040 --> 02:29.070 we have five amazing chefs. 02:29.070 --> 02:31.060 And each of them are from a branch 02:31.060 --> 02:32.854 of the United States Armed Forces. 02:32.854 --> 02:34.420 They were challenged to create 02:34.420 --> 02:38.130 their best 30-minute meal during our show today. 02:38.130 --> 02:39.619 Sunny, our resident veteran 02:39.619 --> 02:41.480 and part of our family here, 02:41.480 --> 02:43.460 was also an Air Force Captain, was it? 02:43.460 --> 02:45.130 - [Sunny] Air Force Senior Airman. 02:45.130 --> 02:46.165 She promoted me! 02:46.165 --> 02:47.116 I got promoted! 02:47.116 --> 02:49.599 (laughter and applause) 02:49.599 --> 02:52.250 - [Rachael] Sunny has been gobbling 02:52.250 --> 02:53.180 up their dishes backstage. 02:53.180 --> 02:54.013 - [Sunny] You know who to call 02:54.013 --> 02:56.390 - [Rachael] We have our own medals of service 02:56.390 --> 02:58.360 we're going to hand out from our show 02:58.360 --> 03:00.900 as a gift to each of our service people today. 03:00.900 --> 03:02.530 And they're all going to be awarded 03:02.530 --> 03:03.650 for different categories. 03:03.650 --> 03:04.910 All the things you were looking for. 03:04.910 --> 03:06.761 - [Sunny] Yes, things I was definitely 03:06.761 --> 03:07.910 looking for, and you guys made me happy. 03:07.910 --> 03:10.640 - [Rachael] We're gonna start with Stephanie. 03:10.640 --> 03:12.290 Stephanie made the snapper. 03:12.290 --> 03:13.570 Her friend hates seafood. 03:13.570 --> 03:15.190 She said she made this for her friend, 03:15.190 --> 03:17.316 and she doesn't hate seafood no more. 03:17.316 --> 03:18.706 - [Sunny] I love the snapper. 03:18.706 --> 03:21.240 I love the slaw you had under it. 03:21.240 --> 03:22.250 It was crunchy. 03:22.250 --> 03:24.696 Snapper cooked deliciously and perfect. 03:24.696 --> 03:26.340 I'd like to give you a medal 03:26.340 --> 03:28.570 for the dish most likely to be found 03:28.570 --> 03:30.595 in a New York City restaurant, girl! 03:30.595 --> 03:32.134 - [Cooper] Wow, thank you! 03:32.134 --> 03:35.907 - [Sunny] Fab-u-lous! Yes!