After presenting their dishes to Padma and Daisley, John and Josh end up on top, and acknowledge how well they work together. Bart and Sheldon win, though. Broken panino press and all! Danyele and Lizzie were on the bottom for not really making a meal, but they knew that. Josie and Eliza's dish was too sweet. Perhaps the extra heat Eliza wanted to add would have balanced that out.

On to the Elimination Challenge and the true beginning of Hugh's comedy hour. The chefs are told that they'll be working in the same groups they worked in for the Quickfire Challenge. They pull knives, each representing different items sold at the market, and I suddenly have a yen to hop on the East River Ferry and head to Smorgasburg.

The only ingredient that didn't catch my fancy is the rose jelly. I hate rose water. I actually had this conversation over Thanksgiving with my Persian family because it is an ingredient included in almost every Persian dessert. My relatives try to get me to eat desserts with rose water in it, and I refuse! Blech! (Let me know in the Comments section below if anyone despises rose water as much as I do!)

The Elimination Challenge is to create a dish highlighting the chefs' chosen artisinal ingredient - not just any dish, a lunch dish. And the chefs only have two hours to do it.

Let's start with CJ and Tyler, who have pickles. Tyler has an idea for a chowder with a pickle fritter. CJ wants to make a burger, thinking that Tom will be looking for simplicity. In fact, he does an impression of Tom that sort of sounds like Seinfeld. CJ is on fire with his impressions this week.

John and Joshua make grits and pork. John suggests making pork medallions. Josh isn't too keen on this idea, but for the sake of compromise, he agrees. I think these two need to learn what compromise means. John is afraid of Josh exploding. This seems rich coming from John.

Josie and Eliza aren't working well together. Spoiler alert: they end up with sand and rocks (?!) in their dish.

Danyele and Lizzie get chocolate. Lizzie, thinking outside the box, wants to make fish, and Danyele thinks they should go with a tart. We've had successful chocolate/fish dishes on Top Chef, so that sounded good to me. I don't know why Lizzie didn't stand up to Danyele.

Stefan and Brooke get rose jelly and make duck… with candied cabbage. Sweet on sweet on sweet. Methinks pickled cabbage was probably the way to go.

Kristen and Micah get curds, and all I can think is that Grayson Schmitz would have killed that ingredient!

Bart and Sheldon made a salad that balances the acidity of their salmon candy.

Sooo, we get to the lunch table, and Padma introduces the judges. Kurt Beecher Dammeier is kind of a big deal in the cheese world, and for you New Yorkers, there is a Beecher's Handmade Cheese in the heart of the Flatiron District, so you can sample his product there.