Forty-five minutes is a long time to make a salad. Spike won the Quickfire with a very traditional Vietnamese-style salad. It had mint in it, and it looked good. It looked like something I'd want to eat. I was little surprised that Stephanie didn't get the dish done. I think she definitely is a lot stronger, clearly, in the Elimination Challenges, because maybe she's the kind of person who needs a little more time to conceive what she wants to make. And if you have 45 minutes to make a salad? I thought that was quite a bit of time. And then Sam picked Antonia as the winner. When an egg is poached properly ... that's a big thing for me. I love a nice poached egg -- it's runny, and it's just good stuff.

It was pretty funny watching Spike choose his items for the Elimination Challenge. I was laughing while he picked chicken. I mean, if you're going to use those ingredients, that's cool, but I didn't think he represented them very well. I think he chose strategically, and if I were to do the same, I think I would've chose similar items. I probably would have done a veggie burger or something like that. That's what I was thinking. I serve edamame falafel here at the restaurant and they're a big hit among the vegetarians. I think I would've done a falafel/gyro combination.