The Block

T08:C42 - S08:E42 - Episode 42

Its midweek of stairs and study week. Charlotte and Josh set their alarm early so they could get their stairwell painted before their scaffold comes down. Tim and Anastasia wake up to the sound of a jack hammer destroying their stairs. The staircases are very expensive so Scotty announces another challenge. The teams must now hold their own dinner party, they’ll have to cook for Matt Moran using their own kitchens. It’s a progressive dinner, meaning each team does one course, canapes and drinks, entree, main and dessert. Dea was first to choose and gets canapés and drinks, Jess chooses and gets main meal, Anastasia chooses entree, and Josh and Charlotte gets dessert. As a food stylist Charlotte has an advantage for this challenge. Darren and Ayden don’t want to participate in the challenge, they want to work on their rooms. Tim and Anastasia are dedicating their day to the challenge and will give their best efforts to cooking! Pauley doesn’t think it;s a good idea for Tim and Anastasia to both be off site but they’re focussed on the food. Tim talks to his brother Mike who is a chef in Adelaide. They’ve decided on a chicken dish. Charlotte tells Josh she’s making individual puddings, Jess goes to the markets shopping for quail. Dea’s sister is a big food lover and she talks to Dea about what they can create to impress Matt. Dea and Daz impress Matt Moran with their canapés including a raspberry cocktail. Its made the other teams a little nervous. Tim and Anastasia are next up with their entrees and they impress everyone with their chicken dish and lovely table setting. Jess and Ayden are next up with their main meal of spatchcock. Matt loves the stuffing and the gravy. Josh and Charlotte are next cooking a dessert of self saucing chocolate pudding with a side of berries, served with dessert wine. The dessert is delicious and all the teams love it, so does Matt Moran. But sadly for Matt, he got the one dessert that wasn’t cooked properly. The Kitchen Capers challenge is judged and Matt Moran chooses Dea and Darren as the winner. Dea is thrilled with the win, taking home $5000 cash and the chalk to take a point off another team on judging day. The teams get back to work. Tim and Anastasia are overwhelmed with what they have to do and Charlotte sets her alarm for 3am to give her some painting time before the trades arrive. Only two teams had to build stairs from scratch and the other teams need to work with the stairs that are already there. Dea and Darren’s stairs aren’t level and difficult to work with. Tim’s builder is struggling with the huge work load and to make matters worse he hasn’t got a valid work cover insurance certificate. Darren discovers that Ayden and Jess and Josh and Charlotte were given $10,000 each for their staircase build. He’s not happy! He and Dea confront Scotty about why they didn’t get $10,000. Scotty tells them how much others have spent building their stairs. They don’t agree on what is fair this week. Louvretec shutters are installed throughout the building.