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I predict that Kevin wins this one but Angelo takes immunity and $20,000. I guess those Hot But Apparently Straight Guys stick together.

As for the Elimination Challenge, the cheftestants will be taking part in an old school political tradition: the power lunch. It’s where deals are made, bills brokered and votes won. And, of course, good food can make those wheelings and dealings run more smoothly. The chefs will take over a prime political lunch spot, The Palm, and will serve 24 diners. Two chefs each will work with one of The Palm’s iconic proteins: lamb, lobster, swordfish, porterhouse steak or salmon. The dishes will NOT compete head to head; everyone will be competing against everyone else.

The chefs draw knives and (surprise surprise!) Stephen is confident that he’ll win this challenge since he “does power lunch food all the time.”

After a stop at Whole Foods, the cheftestants head back to the kitchen to prep for their dishes. Ed is having a hard time breaking down his lobster, which leads him to have significantly less time to prep than his other competitors. Meanwhile, Amanda has apparently made a HUGE mistake by taking the meat of her porterhouse steak off of the bone. As Kelly explains, this makes it no longer a porterhouse. It’s a NY strip, or something.

Back at the house, Ed is starting to doubt himself, but good ol' Tiffany comes to the rescue with some encouragement. This starts a chain of whispered gossip and breathy speculations amongst the house members that Ed and Tiffany are “Hosea and Leah”ing around.

In other news, Alex hasn’t decided what he’s making for his salmon dish.

The next day, the cheftestants head over to The Palm where they’re told that Tom Colicchio will keep an eye on them in the kitchen. The winning chef will get their dish on The Palm’s menu, so as if they didn’t already have enough pressure on them, Chef Colicchio’s presence in the kitchen will ratchet everyone’s blood pressure up a few knots.

Alex is still figuring out what to make, but tells the camera that he wants to make a pea puree. So, the first thing he does when he gets to the kitchen is make a pea puree. Amanda starts bugging Kelly by asking to borrow some salt, Tiffany isolates her in a back corner, Andrea asks Kelly for some butter, and Angelo cuts himself...

...and before you know it, Ed can’t find his pea puree. He made it the day before but now he can’t find it. He seemingly goes around to every chef asking if they’ve seen his pea puree, but no one knows where it is. Not even Alex. Of course, there’s many an eye looking purposefully at the pea puree on Alex’s dish.

Gail and Padma will be seated in the dining room at two different tables. Gail has a bunch of NBC journalists, while Padma has a couple of Fox News correspondents. Strangely enough, we see neither MSNBC correspondents nor CNN correspondents at the table. Only Fox News ones have been invited, I guess (damn that liberal media!).

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