The professionals were divided into six groups of three chefs each and were given the challenge to feed 120 people, including their family members. This week's test involves each team setting up a pop up restaurant from scratch to serve two entrées, two mains, and one dessert, for 60 guests in just one day. Rhys micromanaged his ingredients the best, and won dish of the day. Quite a few of the chefs struggled with the test, due to a lack of knowledge of the cuisines. This article needs additional citations for.
Green team had issues with service as their dishes were difficult to prepare and serve. Rhys cooked Miso and Nori Crêpe with Tamarind Broth, Sarah made Quail Scotch Egg with Miso Glazed Chicken and Celery Salt, Rhett produced Tea Smoked Poached Chicken with Miso and Orange Mayonnaise. Tracey seemed confused the whole time and didn't know what to do in order to reinvent the dish. The professional chefs had to make an entree, main course and dessert. The cuisines chosen were Moroccan and Mexican by Nick and Luke respectively, and the professionals were given 90 minutes to complete the job. From round one, Bonny and Luke were eliminated, round two, Cassie and Rhett were eliminated and from round three, Michael and Tracey were eliminated. Rhys scored 17, Sarah with 15, and Rhett with 12.
Luke's rabbit braised in red wine, did not show any reinvention and thus, he was eliminated. The cake had eleven layers with different flavors. Rhett, Sarah and Nick were in the top three, Nick winning the dish of the day for his better reinterpretation of the classical dish while Akuc, Kylie and Tracey were in the bottom three. From each round two professionals were eliminated. The chefs told them that they will be serving their dishes at a pop-up restaurant on the. Coop lost because of his poor cooking.
In the beginning all five professionals had to identify 40 ingredients present in a classic dish. Both the contestants were equally challenged. This time the professionals were given two hours to cook dishes that represented them as individuals. At the Square both the chefs were waiting. A young boy whose dog has just died moves into the house in whose backyard the snowman was built. With a whole range of ingredients to choose from, the chefs have the flexibility to wow the judges with their ingenuity and creativity.
They had five hours to forage, prep, cook and serve their dishes. In the end, Luke's team Brown was declared the winner leaving the other two teams to face an elimination round. The judges are simply excellent; Marco White shines with an almost overpowering charisma and command, and Matt Preston firmly controls the show's direction with his experienced criticism and his great smile. This time they don't have any modern machinery or technology and had to depend on traditional and old equipment provided. The winner was decided by the guests' votes. Written on each knife in the set is the name of one 'Take Away' classical dish. Miso, Egg, and Chicken are chosen to be the main ingredients for the reinvention test.
The winning team will compete for an immunity for one of its teammates which means that whoever wins will almost certainly be going into the finals week. Coop, Rhett and Michael were in the bottom 3 and ultimately Coop had to leave because his dish of quail stuffed with couscous failed to fuse the two cuisines. The Green team chose a European style menu and cooked Seared Scallops with Sweetcorn Purée, and Mushroom Tortellini with Sage Beurre Noisette for their entrées, Steamed Baby Snapper with Carrot Purée, and Lamb Loin with Fondant Potato for their mains, and Chocolate Feuilletine Cake for their dessert. This is a competition of skill without intrigues and personal attacks. Rhys, Sarah and Michael were in top three with each being the dish of the day for the three judges whereas Luke, Bonny and Rhett were in bottom three.
Given two hours to complete the dish, Sarah, Cassie and Cameron won the dish of the day because there were no faults in any of their dishes. The third round is a service challenge, where the professionals have to design a full menu with entrée, main and dessert for 120 guests, who are all professional chefs, including most of the guest chefs from previous episodes. Final course Michael did a deconstructed lemon meringue pie and Cameron prepared. Bonny was saved by identifying the most. Matt dined with the guests while Marco remained with the professionals running the kitchen. Brown team consisted of Rhys with Kiah and Cassie; Green team consisted of Sarah with Nathan and Coop; and Red team consisted of Rhett with Michael and Nick.
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. They have just one hour and 15 minutes to turn out eye-catching dishes with faultless flavours. . Rhys made Seared Scallops with Black Pudding, Lamb Loin with Carrot Purée and Buttered Spinach, and Warm Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream. Nick was the worst performer on the Red team and was eliminated.
The second round is a pressure test, where the finalists have to cook Marco Pierre White's Terrine of Leeks and Lobster. While Red team's service was quick, their dishes lacked technical complexity. The professionals were divided into three teams, Brown, Red and Green led by Luke, Tracey and Michael respectively. In the end, Matty was eliminated by Chef Marco. With no recipes and no notes, the chefs had to memorize the dish cooked at first sight and reproduce it to the best of their abilities. The rest of the professionals had to cook using only the identified ingredients.
The red team won by 29 votes as compared to 21 votes for the Green team. Round one of 30 minutes to cook duck as the core ingredient, round two of 20 minutes to cook vegetables as the core ingredient and the last round of 10 minutes for cooking shellfish as their core ingredient. The professionals were divided into two teams. In the end, Jacques got 16 votes for his entree, 22 for the main course and 12 for the dessert in comparison to 9 votes for entree, 3 votes for main course and 13 votes for the professionals' dessert. Red Team started their dishes without organizing themselves, which caused problems, but the Green Team proceeded smoothly.