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So who's on the bottom? Leah, Radhika and Jaime. All girls. Who's on the top? Hosea, Stefan and Jeff. All boys. Hrmmm, I wonder if I should add "misogynistic" to my list of Hung's character flaws...

So who takes home the bacon? It's . . . STEFAN! Wow, hard to believe that this is his first win in any portion of the competition since the very first episode.

Considering how much I dislike him, I'm sort of pissed that he's immune from elimination. This makes me wonder, though. Has Stefan ever been in the bottom three? Off the top of my head, I can't remember any time when he's been on the bottom. A quick visit to Wikipedia during the commercial break confirms it: he's never been on the bottom three. Sigh. Guess it'll be a while before we're rid of this a-hole Finn.

The elimination challenge is announced: three teams of three chefs are to create a seasonal, family-style lunch around one protein: lamb, chicken or pork. This meal must include dessert (instantly, I think that whichever team has Carla has an advantage, given her considerable baking skills). The teams are:

Lamb: Ariane, Leah, Hosea

Pork: Jeff, Fabio, Radhika

Chicken: Jaime, Stefan, Carla

Immediately, there is drama. Stefan has a crush on Jaime but she hates him. Ariane is not happy being stuck with "the lovebids," Leah and Hosea. Fabio says that his team must stay simple and avoid cooking Italian food (as he always does), Indian food (as Radhika always does) and over-thinking their overall dish (as Jeff often does).

The chefs go back to the loft to organize their dishes. Hosea is concerned that he and Leah are on the same page (and in the same bed, apparently) but feels that Ariane isn't. They decide, however, that because Ariane won a challenge by cooking lamb that she will be responsible for cooking the lamb in this challenge.

Meanwhile, there is a huge argument taking place with the Chicken team. Stefan apparently wants to do only what he wants to do and is exhibiting his tendency to veto any other ideas from any other chef on his team. This irks Jaime and she fights back. Carla is trying not to get caught in the cross-fire. They finally decide to make roasted chicken (though Jaime thinks that this is too simple) and soup (which Jaime thinks is too heavy).

One hour later, Jaime and Carla get together and talk about their ...something they couldn't do while Stefan was in the conversation. They want to re-work the menu and approach Stefan, who's smoking like an idiot on the balcony, with their recommendations. He won't hear any of it. Jaime is only able to begin with, "We were thinking about the menu—" before he cuts her off abruptly by saying, "I'm not changing the menu. It's done." He won't listen, he won't consider. I hate him.

The next morning, Hosea wakes up and wants to start changing his team's dish – he thinks it's too simple. He meets with Leah and Ariane to make alterations but Ariane is quickly ignored and the two lovebirds hash it out.

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