Eat and obey five fortune cookies was a task featured on Series 18 of Taskmaster, as the fourth task in Captain Jackie and the hotdog. The task was won by Emma Sidi.
Setup[]
| Location | Taskmaster House |
|---|---|
| Equipment | Fortune cookies, pineapple, medallion, "Scotch bonnet" hot sauce, vinegar, salty water |
| Measurement | Fastest to finish the task |
Summary[]
The task was presented on top of the dish of ten fortune cookies. The contestants had to eat at least five cookies and obey its instructions inside. Four extra fortune cookies and a medallion was in the living room and a pineapple and a sneaky cookie to reset their cookie count was in the kitchen. Instructions included:
- Shut one eye for the rest of the task
- Keep your mouth open for the rest of the task
- Shout the word "YES" for 30 seconds
- Laugh for 30 seconds
- Put all of the fortune cookies in the bowl of hot salty water and leave them there for 30 seconds
- Put all of the fortune cookies in the bowl of vinegar and leave them there for 30 seconds
- Put all of the fortune cookies in the bowl of hot sauce and leave them there for 30 seconds
- Call a friend and tell them you're in a bath. You must not explain yourself
- Retrieve the medallion from the table in the living room
- Retrieve the pineapple from the kitchen
- (Kitchen) If you open this fortune cookie, you must start all over again
- (Living Room) Clap
Performance[]
Andy Zaltzman: Andy completed the following fortunes: kept his mouth open (leaving it to last when he figured that they could be in any order), called Daniel Kitson, laughed, retrieved the pineapple, had his cookie count reset, dunked the fortune cookies in hot sauce, then dunked them in salty water, tried to scream "YES" in one breath, found the medallion and clapped once. He ate and obeyed five fortune cookies in 13 minutes and 44 seconds, receiving 2 points.
Babátúndé Aléshé: Babatunde completed the following fortunes: retrieved the pineapple, had his cookie count reset, dunked the fortune cookies in vinegar, then dunked them in hot sauce, kept his mouth open, and repeatedly shouted "YES", all whilst suffering by eating the spicy and sour cookies. He ate and obeyed five fortune cookies in 20 minutes and 35 seconds, receiving 1 point.
Emma Sidi: Emma completed the following fortunes: laughed, repeatedly shouted "YES", shut one eye, dunked the fortune cookies in salty water, and then dunked them in vinegar for 30 seconds, only eating one salty cookie. She ate and obeyed five fortune cookies in 4 minutes and 23 seconds, receiving 5 points.
Jack Dee: Jack completed the following fortunes: found the medallion, laughed, repeatedly shouted "YES", dunked the fortune cookies in hot sauce (which he kept to last when he figured that they could be completed in any order) and kept his mouth open. He ate and obeyed five fortune cookies in 5 minutes and 33 seconds, receiving 4 points.
Rosie Jones: Rosie completed the following fortunes: dunked the fortune cookies in salty water, then dunked them in hot sauce, shut one eye, found the medallion and laughed, all whilst suffering by eating the spicy and salty cookies. She ate and obeyed five fortune cookies in 11 minutes and 24 seconds, receiving 3 points.