By Kim
Quickfire Challenge: Pair up and create a breakfast on a stick at Pike Place Market. The challenge includes grabbing ingredients, but also finding and buying their equipment. I love breakfast food so much and I would devour every single thing on this menu. The guest judge thought Danyele and Lizzie didn't make enough of a meal, while Eliza and Josie's was too sweet and difficult to eat. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Sheldon and Bart's Green Forest sandwich and Josh and John's breakfast taco are tops. The winners are Sheldon and Bart, who overcame faulty equipment and now they have immunity from elimination.
Immunity Challenge: Stay in the same teams of two from the Quickfire and create a dish highlighting an artisanal ingredient. Here are the dishes:
Josh and John (how these two ended up together, I do not know): pan-seared pork tenderloin with truffle popcorn. The grits are bad, the pork isn't cooked well and the flavors are one-note.
Micah and Kristen: cheese curds three ways: béchamel, raw and fried. I know that poutine might have been too obvious, but dudes -- poutine! The judges don't like that they can't taste cheese curds and there is much discussion over mysterious cheese curds. I can't believe that no one has heard of them and then I remember that my grandfather owned a cheese factory (seriously, he did) so I might have a leg up on the competition there.
Stefan and Brooke: rose petal glazed Muscovy duck with braised cabbage. The judges find the dish too sweet and the duck is tough.
Sheldon and Bart: candied salmon with sweet and sour salad. The judges like it, but wish there was more candied salmon.
Josie and Eliza: curry cardamom broth with manila clams and seared white king salmon. The judges find the broth salty (and in some cases sandy) and it overpowers the cardamom flavor.
Lizzie and Danyele: coconut curry chocolate mousse tart. The judges think it's assembled poorly with overpowering favorites.
CJ and Tyler; pork crumpet burger with spicy dill pickles. The judges think the crumpet bun is a mistake and Tom is upset about the lack of creativity.
Overall, the judges are really disappointed with the dishes; they don't even want to pick a favorite. Tom tells the cheftestants that no one is winning the cash prize and they'll be eliminating an entire team. Tom encourages them to take some risks, especially since they have Last Chance Kitchen to fall back on if it falls flat.
Ultimately, the judges decide that the bottom three teams are Brooke and Stefan, Josh and John and CJ and Tyler. The judges are very split: Hugh hated CJ and Tyler's dish, Padma hates Brooke and Stefan's dish and Tom hated Josh and John's dish. Gail is the deciding vote and they end up sending home CJ and Tyler. CJ! Maybe if you weren't so cocky, you would have realized how terrible your burger was.
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