Say J!

In the last episode Frank and Becky were the top two chefs, so for this episode these two were made captains.  The major test was that the they were all going to be working in a real restaurant kitchen - Hatfields.  Hatfields has a Michelin Star which is supposed to indicate that the restaurant is fine dining.  It's a big deal to have a Michelin Star.

The Owners and Head Chefs

   This is my first time watching the series of Master Chef, so I don't know if a challenge like this has been done before, but I wondered "how much did Master Chef have to bribe the owners to let these home cooks cook for their guests?"

The teams being paired up as boys vs girls.  Christine was finally chosen first!  While Joe expressed extreme doubts over her ability to work in a kitchen like this, I think she handled herself quite well given the circumstances.
The boys in this challenge are a mess.  They are a complete and total mess.  The blue team's redeeming quality is, however, is that their food tastes better to the owners.  The red team, baring Monti's normal amount of chaos, quickly finds their rhythm and the reason why Christine was chosen first is seen.  Because of her disability she has to use her other senses to determine how the food is and as such her sense of taste is heightened (or so we're led to believe at least) more than that of the other contestants.  She quickly becomes the red side's taste-tester.

The red team is ultimately declared the winner due to their ability to work in the kitchen and the fact the food is good.  Just because the owners liked the blue more, doesn't mean that the red team's was bad.

The blue team must face the pressure test but TWIST:  Frank is given the opportunity to save himself or one of his team mates and after going on how he would save Josh he chooses to save himself.  Josh is understandably a bit ticked off.

Am I angry at you for doing what everyone else would have done?  Yes, yes I am.

The pressure test proves to be yet another advertisement for WalMart.  Yes, it is a steak pressure test.  The two men (David and Josh) must cook a rare steak, medium-rare steak, and a well-done streak.  I honestly believe that had all things been equal David would have won the pressure test.  However, David was running on borrowed time.  Did he really deserve to stay longer than Felix?  No.  I believe there was a bit of navigating done in order to have equal numbers of men and women, so that a men vs women scenario could happen in this episode.

Neither one of the two are capable of a well-done steak (don't blame them - well-done steak is too done) but it appears that David takes a bit of an edge, they both struggle with the medium-rare with it appearing as thought David takes a bit of an edge again, and Josh handily wins the rare steak challenge.  The biggest fault the judges have with David's cooking is that he is heavy-handed with the garlic.


The judges deliberate, and I was seriously frightened over Josh's chances.  However, as I said David was running on borrowed time.  Upon announcing David's departure (in that typical Gordon Ramsay way of "you're-safe-wait-no-you're-not") he is also given a huge prize.  David is now working at one of Graham Elliot's restaurants in Chicago.  I can't help but wonder if he'll be getting a major pay cut from going to an education administrator to a cook in a restaurant, but if he's happy it doesn't matter much, does it?

We're now down to the final five!  Josh has a vendetta and Becky got another ego boost.
Team Monti!