So, our winner: That'd be Lee. Sharone makes boo-boo kitty faces at the announcement. And our three failure plates? Well, surprise, surprise -- tonight, the judges would like to summon four people to make the walk of shame. Tracy, Sheetal, Slim and Whitney -- yes, it's an all-girl parade of misery. "If there was ever a time for all four of you to shine, that would deliver romance oozing off the plate, that would be today," Gordon tells them. "And yet, sadly, you delivered the opposite." Yes, they'll all die as spinsters, hungry and unloved. But who gets the ol' heave-ho? After a savage dressing down from the judges, they tell Sheetal and Tracy to go back to their stations. That leaves just Slim and Whitney. "Your experience -- or lack of experience -- has caught up with you both," Gordon says. Slim underscores that point when Gordon asks what she would have done had she been given another hour of cook time. She mutters something about making the same sauce with less ginger while keeping the overall dish the same. Oh, I'm sorry -- the correct answer was "Well, I certainly wouldn't have made the same thing over again." Tell her what she's won, judges. An invitation to remover her apron and get the hell of the show is what.
And so Slim gets her nice little tribute video and some advice from Gordon -- "absorb everything," he tells her -- and just like that we're down to eight contestants, all eager to win and, thanks to tonight's crab slaughter, having spilled just enough blood to know that they sort of enjoy the taste.
Learn to make crab-free curry with Sheetal below, discuss it in our forums, then read up on the second episode of the night!
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