Each chef had five team members remaining, but both had to lose one of their aspiring cooks. The pressure was on as they searched for protégés to represent them in the final test, cooking for three food critics. Their first task was to cook a mackerel dish without guidance from their mentors, then they attempted to master the starters that had been chosen for the final menu.
John was disappointed when one of his best hopes for the final made a mess of a duck breast recipe, then both chefs watched as their teams tried out the main courses chosen for the final. How did the aspiring cooks cope with the technical difficulties of the dishes?
It was Angela's turn to be disappointed in one of her most consistent performers, who let her down when making the relatively simple Chocolate mousse. Then it was time to learn to make the dessert course for the final menu, before two more contestants headed home.
It was time to select the two recruits for the final. John and Angela put them through their paces by sending them to work in a professional kitchen, where they had to prepare the full three-course menu that would be presented to the critics in the final.
