The remaining 11 chefs create a dish using their mis en place from the previous episode, plus a selection of fresh proteins.

With guest chef judge David Myers of Sona Restaurant in Los Angeles, the remaining 11 chefs create a dish using their mis en place from the previous episode, plus a selection of fresh proteins. They are on their own creatively, but as with a real kitchen, they are also at the mercy of available cooking space. Sona has a small kitchen, but it turns out beautiful food; viewers see if the finalists can do the same. The judges pepper the contestants with "bake off" questions as they struggle to finish on time; then, the final dishes are evaluated and one contestant is 86ed.