Plot

In a mystery box challenge, the Top Nine must create a dish that is reminiscent of their favorite family breakfast, using Nutella as the key ingredient. The winner gets a huge advantage moving forward, leaving the rest of the chefs to pair up for a Mexican-themed tag team challenge. Find out which contestants will be eliminated .

Mystery Box Challenge: The contestants must make a breakfast dish featuring Nutella in one hour. Gabriel, Jason, and Cate are called out as the top three, and Jason wins the challenge. Challenge Winner/Immune: Jason Wang. Team Challenge: Jason gets to pair up the remaining contestants for the next challenge. He teams Cate with Dino, Yachecia with Eboni, Jeff with Caitlin, and Daniel with Gabriel. The teams must replicate a platter of Mexican food in one hour but must switch out cooks every ten minutes as this is a tag-team challenge. Cate and Dino are the winners, while the teams of Daniel and Gabriel and Yachecia and Eboni are also safe. Challenge Winners: Cate Meade and Dino Angelo Luciano. Bottom two: Caitlin Jones and Jeff Philbin. Caitlin is eliminated. Eliminated: Caitlin Jones.