Make the Best Flag Meal | Full Task | Taskmaster

Rob Beckett, Al Murray, Dave Gorman, Sarah Pascoe and Paul Chowdhry compete to make the best meal that looks like a flag. Full Task.
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In this Broadcast Award-winning, BAFTA and Emmy Award-nominated entertainment show, Taskmaster tyrant Greg Davies (Man Down, Cuckoo), with the help of his loyal assistant Alex Horne (The Horne Section and the show’s creator), sets out to test the wiles, wit and wisdom of five hyper-competitive comedians.
Comedians that have risked life, limb, and dignity in the hope of making the Taskmaster proud so far include: Frank Skinner (The Frank Skinner Show), Mel Giedroyc (The Great British Bake Off), Romesh Ranganathan (Asian Provocateur), Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’ Diary), Rose Matafeo (Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner 2018), and Russell Howard (The Russell Howard Hour). Unaware of what awaits them in each wax-sealed envelope, only one competitor can become the victorious owner of His Royal Task-ness’ golden head and be crowned the next Taskmaster Champion.

[@Styrmir]

So he's taken the olives, the pasta and some tomato sauce and quite fittingly made a nice little italia.... "Mexican flag innit" ...oh

[@heatedpants8437]

I just need to fill the void of having no reply to a 1.1k liked comment.

[@sophiaredwood5825]

@IdolaMochi :3 I’m continuing this

[@SimpleLearningForKids]

@@sophiaredwood5825 Let's start a movement

[@TheGary108]

The void expands...

[@devenhull3677]

* uses Italian ingredients * * calls it Mexico * * actually makes Mali *

[@shawnpitman876]

the ingredients don't need to relate to the flag, that was never part of the challenge.

[@devenhull3677]

@@shawnpitman876 I'm aware, I was just pointing out how many countries were involved.

[@IAreHeadingForTheSun]

Viva La Mexico!

[@alekawaiiya]

If that's not globalization, I don't know what it is.

[@ivannierez7731]

* shouts viva la Mexico* when in reality is "Viva Mexico CABRONES!"

[@daxtonfleming]

Like all good Canadians, I stood at attention during Sara's rendition of Oh Christmas Tree

[@TRUTHZERO]

Today i learned how, in two posts, Canadians could be both funny and humorless.

[@vedantharwani9278]

Brains00007 It’s just a older version of the Canadian flag

[@steveleslie2170]

When Canada had CFL teams in the States a singer in Vegas sang the Canadian anthem...to the tune of oh, tannenbaum. (Oh, Christmas tree) If this happened to the USA...WW3...to Canada....uh, Sorry you can't sing...nice try.

[@puckbryn3583]

Brains00007 she made it out of a carefully placed licorice rope, give her a break (I love how that was your comment, but you had nothing to say about “Oh Christmas Tree” being our national anthem)

[@musicplayer4879]

Puck Bryn theyre probably not even Canadian lmao

[@ti2jaminb1]

Honestly the Canadian flag looked great

[@GDCilia]

As a Canadian myself, I would have to disagree.

[@J-B-P]

GDCilia I’m also Canadian and I thought she did a great job so... 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@burgernthemomrailer]

JP Canadians can’t criticise, they’re too nice, so your opinion is invalidated

[@hermiagrace]

As a Canadian she did a far better job on the maple leaf than anyone I know ever has. And I drew 20 Canadian flags for a class once.

[@seatripreports]

@@GDCilia If you were put on the spot and had a time limit I doubt you could do better.

[@ishouldhavetried]

I just KNEW someone was going to cop out and make the Japanese flag.

[@RikardPeterson]

With a bit of cooking skill, that idea could have been a delicious, elegant little thing that would have won. But that's not this competition. ;)

[@AbrahamssonAlexander]

Mark Richards You mean Libyan? Or did Nigera also have an all green flag at one point?

[@awntoeni]

Bert N Ernie same, I thought of Japan the moment they said make a flag

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

Sweden, finland, denmark etc. Lots of super dimple flafs with just a cross though. Id say a cross would be as easy as a circle. :)

[@MordecaiVertecimes]

Should've added some greens all around and bam: Bangladesh flag.

[@emmylou-ks1md]

Easy, the italian flag: basil leaves, sliced mozzarella in the middle and sliced tomatos. Boom, caprese salad for you, Sir.

[@ian127]

emmylou3321 exactly what I was thinking

[@jimschuler8830]

That classic pizza margherita was designed to represent the Italian flag.

[@Krumanionec]

Bulgarian is esear, feta cheese, cucumber and tomatoes, and is our national salad as well

[@Buphido]

@@jimschuler8830 Yeah, should‘ve just made a square pizze margherita with basil, mozzarella and tomato

[@fusadiluna]

I would have made a pasta trio: trenette al pesto for the green, tortellini with cream for the white and a classic spaghetti with tomatoes for the red

[@alinoo1]

The most threatening "Viva La Mexico" I have ever seen

[@parryyotter]

Seriously though. It was vaguely terrifying. Paul unsettles me in many ways.

[@kurumi394]

4:23 Can we call rice a meal? East, South East, and South Asians would like a word with you

[@alessiacara4101]

Neustrashimy don’t forget the south asians

[@kurumi394]

@@alessiacara4101 whoops

[@trym2121]

It's not a meal with only rice. I mean technically poor people prolly eat rice with soy sauce or crackers. Not just plain rice as a meal.

[@N00bOps]

@@trym2121 Nope. Eating just rice can be a meal, although not all rice all the time. Sometimes you'd put grits or some sort of protein in there as well, but maybe for only one meal of the day, while the rest can be just plain rice. Source: Lived with some Indonesian family for a while.

[@RegstarRogstar]

Just say asia lmao

[@onedaysai0]

Champagne guy is a cheeky genius.

[@bellasmom2597]

For that alone he deserved first

[@saralusini3698]

But did he dye the rice with ink squid? Like, there's venus rice who's already black lol

[@HerbaMachina]

@@saralusini3698 he might not have known what the variety was, or tought to look it up in his prep time. Just went for the first solution that came to mind.

[@puckbryn3583]

my cousin has a birthday on Canada day, used to make her a flag cake every year and honestly Sarah’s is more impressive than ours ever was

[@robmckennie4203]

The rice british flag could have been *amazing* with a bright red sauce or curry or something

[@zigzagarisen]

This might be the most competent task ever completed.

[@ashngoyuchiha215]

“Can you call rice a meal” All the asian: huh?!?? 😂

[@Mubashir_AK]

I thought: "Surely no one would go to the effort of trying to make the Union Jack." Al Murray: "Hold my drink". I thought he should have been above Paul, as should Sarah.

[@PhunkieZero]

I mean, all he did was make rice + food coloring... could have easily added some chicken breast or pork loin to the white parts

[@SennaAugustus]

It's not tasty at all, but there should be effort points of making it look nice.

[@laikakar4706]

"Subconscious Mali".. Hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣

[@rexstetson1717]

In part because of the colors, I always thought they were saying “Marley flag,” as in Bob Marley. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Jayk-kz7sh]

Rex Stetson I thought it was Marley flag too. Just because Paul was doing the whole “Rasta without being a Rasta” thing

[@Zalazaar]

The word for meal in Japanese is literally rice.

[@MyDailyUpload]

In Chinese it is about the same. The phrase ‘to eat’, you say chīfàn which is almost the same word for rice, ‘mǐfàn”. To eat literally means “eat rice”

[@garrett2439]

In a bunch of Asian countries, the phrase for "good afternoon" or "how are you" or "are you alright" etc directly translates as "have you eaten rice yet today?"

[@bellasmom2597]

A great Japanese flag would be a bed of rice with a circle of smoked salmon

[@luuketaylor]

Same in Korean.

[@arienesantos7891]

@@bellasmom2597that's exactly what I thought

[@Lilitha11]

For the Japanese flag, all white rice with curry in the middle would of been good. Would make an actual meal.

[@JatnaRD]

Made with sushi. That would be master

[@rin_etoware_2989]

better yet, a lunchbox of just rice with pickled plums at the middle - looks like the Japanese flag - is actually a common way to serve rice in Japan - immediately makes everyone concerned about your financial struggles, since all you can apparently afford is pickled plums and rice

[@jacobcollee6293]

As a proud Canadian that flag was lovely

[@neonhills]

However taskmaster compared it to the wrong flag on screen @ 2:22 The current Canadian flag has a maple leaf with 11 points, the one on screen here has 13 points. The 13 points flag was only used for one year in 1964 before being replaced with the 11 point maple leaf in 1965, which has been the official flag ever since. I can't believe no one noticed!! My Canadian eyes cry bitter sweet maple syrup tears of sorrow.

[@kevinschultz6091]

Oh, good. I thought this was some well-known British tradition I just didn't know about.

[@brylyth6029]

*steps out of room, sprinkles sugar on tray, brings it back* Parlay! Parlay!

[@blessedslave]

Greg : Can we call rice a meal? Me, a South Indian : Rice is THE meal..

[@mobiusenthusiast]

Why tf does the tray say “tray”💀

[@mobiusenthusiast]

Major Bear yea sorry i didn’t think about that

[@BioYuGi]

Well it's not going to say 'bowl'

[@ellastarburst736]

Because some of the folks in this show wouldn't realize that without the label

[@moodsmoody4936]

I mistook it for a spoon at first! And so the label clarified things for me

[@dawniebug784]

Don't you mean ☠?

[@RikardPeterson]

I love the friendlier feel that's in these clips compared to the Swedish version of the show.

[@GigaBoost]

There's a Swedish version? What's it called

[@RikardPeterson]

@@GigaBoost "Bäst i test". All the episodes I've seen of it have been fun, and there have been some *really* funny bits, but I think they also cross the line into being mean. Particularly the host, who I usually like.

[@ricebeansrockroll882]

I agree. This also feels less hysterical in a way, while givin the contestants alot more room to think up the craziest plans.

[@exessex3522]

@@GigaBoost It should be called "Skittråkigt".

[@bookbeard9792]

I think I would have made a rectangular pizza of the Italian flag. Veggie on the left, plain cheese in the middle, meat on the right.

[@calypsogirl78]

I was thinking pesto, alfredo, and marinara

[@johabe2382]

Or just a lined Up caprese

[@99xara99]

Good idea. But 30 minutes preparation time only! That's hard if you can't prepare the dough.

[@farfromirrational948]

@@99xara99 thin crust, self rising flour+plain yogurt takes little prep and hardly any kneading. Great recipe for a quick pizza dough. You can thank me later ;)

[@Buphido]

@@99xara99 if they were given any ingredients they asked for they could‘ve just asked for one of those cheap square rollout pizza doughs for children’s birthday parties, some tomato sauce, pizza cheese, basil, mozzarella and tomatoes, then quickly chuck all that stuff on there in the correct arrangement, put it in the oven and done. Should be doable in half an hour.

[@martinfitzpatrick555]

Like seeing full tasks appear on a Monday because it means we get a full episode tomorrow! 😁😁😁 Keep them coming little Alex 🥰

[@meesrichters8321]

To bad Lybia changed it’s flag otherwise you could just make a green soup.

[@jwanbesande2734]

They didn't say it had to be the country's current flag. If a pirate flag can count, surely old flags do.

[@maple2524]

Fantastic idea. I’m sure the task masters would be really pleased with a pea soup in honour of Muamar Gadaffi

[@tiara6704]

Rob is a genius🤣 _“konichiwaaaa”_

[@meetaverma8372]

Yes

[@thefrub]

I would have made the Mexican flag. Straight row of burritos in flour tortillas, left side smeared with guac, right side smeared with salsa, little bean eagle in the middle

[@treehousekohtao]

Unfortunately British people dont know about Mexican food. Or the flag.

[@Delinae]

Would be nice to stick a quail, an eel, and nopales in the middle lol. I guess in Britain they don't sell cactus to eat

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

@@treehousekohtao yes they do know about that crap :)

[@maxskogh6289]

Do you have time to make several burritos and tortillas in that timespan they were given? In their small taskmaster kitchen. They did have only 30 minutes.

[@thefrub]

@@maxskogh6289 I worked at taco bell, I can slap out a tray of burritos in 2 minutes lol. Biggest time sink would be browning the beef, but since everything else is gonna be premade, (refried beans, salsa, guac, cheese,) honestly this would be about 15 minutes.

[@La_sagne]

i wouldve put rice and presented it singing: "i will go down with this ship. i wont put my hands up and surrender"

[@Abhothra]

Great season especially when the players went all mother goose on Paul and started directing their banter at the taskmaster.

[@kida4313]

'Oh you didn't..' ... oh god :D

[@bellasmith7283]

Why not just not make an eagle, it's the italian flag. It also would have worked much better since those are all italian foods

[@parryyotter]

Colors needed to be flipped to be Italy. He could have just turned the tray around lol.

[@Hibbou.]

hahaha "O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, Wie treu sind deine Blätter "

[@sophiaredwood5825]

Flashbacks to singing this for my third grade Christmas concert

[@louisc8873]

now you have to fix it at a pole

[@sacrovir9249]

Dessert Denmark- Strawberries, raspberries, cherries, and red grapes, a different fruit for each corner, with a thin white cross of cream to dip them in. Put a cross of blueberries in the middle and you make Norway too.

[@chi7818]

My idea is Greek yogurt for the white all on the bottom. Sliced strawberries and raspberries for the stripes. Blueberries for the blue in the top left corner. Leave spaces for the stars in the blueberries. Could also make the Union Jack with the same ingredients.

[@sophie7780]

not o canada to the tune of oh tannenbaum lmaooooo she did a great job tho

[@krazykyra6936]

Yes we love full tasks

[@ethanburnell1985]

My national anthem has been... butchered... I petition to change the anthem to "Oh Canada Oh Canada, how long you been my country"

[@Amphibiot]

I'd say: Canada, Pirate, UK, Mexico/Mali, and Japan, in that order, from best to worst.

[@JatnaRD]

I would have loved the flag of Japan made with sushi of varied flavors. The top would have fish to make the red dot, and the rest would have filling instead of topping.

[@Widdekuu91]

I loved this task.

[@exessex3522]

What are the odds that the Pub Landlord would make a Union Jack?

[@natalieh9300]

Never heard of this show, I'll have to check it out. Cheers from Canada 👋

[@qwertyTRiG]

It's a good show.

[@Nabium]

Mexican flag..... without the eagle :/ All he needed to do was turn it the other way around and say it's the Italian flag.

[@MriLevi2]

Subconscious Mali innit

[@noaproject26]

Our flag is green WHITE and red not yellow

[@icoborg]

no. you need to remove the eagle and that'is it.

[@Nabium]

@@noaproject26 Meh, I've seen dirty Italian flags looking way more yellow than that.

[@CamKoudo]

Ngl this episode has given me a great idea for my next brithday party xD

[@che8873]

The very beginning looks like a scene from Dexter

[@blenderpanzi]

I'm from Austria: pretty easy challenge. (Except you choose the version with the eagle on it.)

[@blenderpanzi]

Or even simpler: the Lower Austrian flag (again, the version without the crest on it).

[@Cranberrycheesecake1]

Somehow this popped up in my recommended.. I really don't know why. But I like it.

[@NathanHaaren]

I would make the Japanese flag with white rice and red sauce you could also choose the Libian flag and just present a vegan dish

[@YuliaLinderoth]

They changed their all green flag back in 2011 though ):

[@NathanHaaren]

@@YuliaLinderoth didnt know that, but you could have used any flag for this task, even old flags they even accepted "marley flag", with which they ment the rastafarian flag but since the canabis leaf was missing, it was the flag of Guinea or the flag of Mali

[@SixteenJacobsCreams]

@@NathanHaaren I assume they meant Mali

[@chochtopf8682]

@@NathanHaaren Mali is a country my dude

[@JKCWvids]

"can we call eating rice a meal?" as an asian... yes, yes we can.

[@ProsperBe]

Would easily make belgian flag. Mussels on the left fries in the middle and a pool of ketchup on the right and...Tadam!

[@snazzypazzy]

Yeah but isn't ketchup on fries sacrilege in Belgium?

[@arjc5714]

My idea was immediately Seychelles, Acai bowl or fruit salad. SUPER easy to put together and present, looks gorgeous.

[@Valerie_Dawn]

First time I have heard Oh Canada sung to the tune of “Oh Christmas Tree”. Nice maple leaf.

[@BigBearMan]

My first thought was to do a circle of tuna sushi in the middle of a bed of onigiri for Japan

[@st4rf1sh36]

yes, my national anthem.... how lovely in the summer time

[@rikuurufu5534]

"The Finest Champagne"

[@jep9092]

American Flag: blueberry yoghurt in the top left corner with white chocolate chips for the stars and just pure bacon and egg whites for the stripes Boom

[@miriamgreen3973]

Oh Tannenbaum is the 🇨🇦 nt'l anthem? 😆

[@-manuela8703]

It really is what it is

[@IgiWhiteman]

There´s no way some of them did it under 30 minutes. Like that rice? The amount of time it takes to cook it and then make a flag out of it?!?

[@jotoenatehaaen]

I thought there was 5 min rice

[@geoffingoff]

I've never fully bought the time limits on the show. Some of the things they do seem like they would take well over the time allotted.

[@Artyomthewalrus]

Normal parboiled rice will take 10 minutes + 5 minutes to heat the water up. That leaves 15 minutes to make the flag.

[@cyanmanta]

My pitch would be an all-day Uganda flag meal. Top black bar: toast with blackberry jam or marmite Top yellow bar: cheesy scrambled eggs Top red bar: bacon Bottom black bar: black beans Bottom yellow bar: saffron rice Bottom red bar: fresh pico de gallo Top it off with a whole roast chicken on a round white platter, right in the middle.

[@casychristison6871]

I would have done pesto toast, chicken alfredo, and spaghetti with meat balls for Italy. 😁

[@matiascarasi8885]

I would make Cyprus, rice for the back and a steak with mustard on top for the country shape.

[@nsa5102]

the rice dish could be a little enhanced by adding other stuff of same color. first thing that comes in mind is boiled chicken breast that can entirely replace the white while keeping same color and a better taste.

[@TheAmazingBlackStar]

This made me actually laugh😂

[@FloorKandee]

I want to cook a flag meal

[@maxkane1684]

Do it!

[@99xara99]

How did only one person try to actually make a DELICIOUS meal? And that one person fucked up the looks? 😂 I wanna try this. I mean even the rice, how about don't just take food colouring but actually take something tasty to dye it, like tomatoes or curry. You can always add some onions for taste too, it's quite invisible.

[@sycadelic666]

“If you’re not sick you like it”

[@nacoran]

If the pancake had had strawberries and the white had been whipped cream the Japanese flag could have been tasty.

[@reubenwheeler234]

Al got absolutely shafted in this task his was the only one that actually looked like a flag

[@stefaniemelchger1633]

Here is what i would have done, i would have made a pizza margarita( is it called that in English?) And made small square pieces so that there are multiple bite sized flags that look like the flag of Italy Easy and the actual origin of that pizza type. 🤔

[@joulefuchs]

I'm thinking Italy with zucchini and basil, mozzarella cheese and tomatoes or Spain with paprika, noodles and tomato sauce.

[@Diamoondust]

ahahahaha ngl I would totally do japan as well that was awesome

[@sdobitoo]

My first idea was to make sushi Japanese flag Some salmon in the middle ( mb baked IDK ) and the rice around. Would season with salmon with marinaded ginger. But rob is a fucking genius

[@miralemimamovic7659]

Yes Please!

[@davidleshchiner5351]

Would’ve made either old Libyan flag (just a green rectangle) or the red and white flags (Monaco, Poland, Indonesia)

[@KathleenFeliciano]

Surprised more didn't immediately for Japan. And even more surprised no one thought to do pancake art.

[@justincoleman3805]

That would be great if it were judged not by taste but by how waveable it is.

[@lovisericachii4503]

The japanese flag is brilliant. Think of a filet mignon + smash potato. Tis a classic

[@edgaremilio680]

As a mexican I can confirm mexican eagles look like muztard

[@gabrieldsouza6541]

The flag they chose as the Canadian flag is absolutely not the Canadian flag. The maple leaf is 11-pointed, not 13.

[@Erikaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Salad, rice, curry chicken. Irish tricolour, easy 5 points.

[@Demosthenses]

10:13

[@BobbyLCollins]

I thought the Union Jack was the best. In many parts of the world, not only is rice a complete meal, it's all there is to eat, period. But anyway it's a light entertainment show, and it doesn't really matter.

[@99xara99]

But using food dye and nothing else was just kinda lazy and not inventive enough

[@BobbyLCollins]

As opposed to Rob's oh-so-inventive effort? :P I mean, even Paul made more effort than that, even if it was the wrong country. But like I said, it hardly matters, We were entertained well enough!

[@MyFictionalChaos]

@@BobbyLCollins no, not at all. Theyre saying people like SARAH were inventive. The rest were actually shit. The union jack was the most aesthetically pleasing but it was just lazy. Almost as lazy at the japan one

[@mxamiss5]

Lot of precision and skill with the uk flag should of been 3rd or 2nd

[@JatnaRD]

Rice, stewed beef and stewed beans. That dish is called "The Flag".

[@tohrurikku]

As a Canadian have I ever eaten candy as a meal? Yes many, many times. If she put it on a sheet cake it would have been perfect. I am surprised that no one made a Japanese flag where there was a sheet of rice with a red curry or chili in the middle. Some kind of pizza would have been good too.

[@Sunprism]

Oooooh A tray

[@owlonthehill]

I wouldve asked for red icing and oreos

[@iododendron3416]

"and it was alright" it was all rice

[@anselmtheweird0]

I really thought that was Sacha Dhawan...

[@thespankmyfrank]

I would've made a huge caprese and arranged it like the Italian flag. Simple and delicious!

[@spencers4092]

Greg: can we call rice a meal? All asians: are we a joke to you

[@rubenlarochelle1881]

Was I the only one who thought of doing Bhutan's flag using eggs, bacon and rice? It would have been both unusual and good...

[@jabbathehut1871]

2:01 Y'know it's garbage, but it looks great. 5:10 I was thinking of a skull, too.

[@amyx231]

Canada and Britain should be proud. Well designed and implemented. Taste...well, could just be a terrible chef cooking the countries. Lol

[@shaqirawilliams1237]

Mexico has a dish that looks like it's flag.

[@Lamycore]

i would have made a pizza, you can put anything on pizza xD

[@arcamdies]

You weren't sick so you liked it, that sums up British cuisine pretty well.