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Art and Hubert start dicing onions and Suzanne remarks that she remembers this task from Season 3 "when some girl diced onions for way too long." Oh Casey, your legacy lives on. In a stunning turn of events, southern chef Art schools Hubert by a whole onion and Michael starts breaking down his chicken.

Hubert finishes and Anita starts going to town on her chickens. She's insanely fast – she definitely reminds me of how fast Hung was going on the chicken part of this challenge in Season 3. Despite Michael's big head start, he and Anita finish at the same time and this whole thing will be decided by the egg-white whipping contest.

Rick and Art start whipping but Art, feeling the pressure, breaks a couple of his yolks and has to spend some time fishing them out of the bowl. Rick is nearly flawless and turns his bowl upside down with no fear. Rick brings home the win for Anita and Hubert, as they each get five stars for the Quickfire Challenge. Art, Michael and Suzanne get four stars.

Kelly strides in as if she's going to announce the Elimination Challenge but instead, says that they're going to get some time to get to know each other. They are to cook their Signature Dish for everyone to enjoy. The chefs stress out a little bit, particularly Anita, who says that she's always far more nervous cooking for other chefs than for critics.

She puts together a great looking scallop dish with pureed potatoes. Rick does a beef dish with figs. Suzanne does this scrumptious sirloin steak and fried egg dish. Hubert does an uber-French dish with cappuccino and lobster. Art makes seared grouper (strange for a Southern chef) and Michael makes this great Italian dish. The food looks absolutely amazing. I know that last season's chefs got to give some big name chefs their "last supper" but seriously, if I could have been at that table to eat all that food, I could have died happy.

Of course there has to be a twist. Top Chef would never let chefs get away with a simple, enjoyable meal. My guess is that the chefs will have to try and replicate each other's dish.

And yes, the very second the last bit of food is devoured, Kelly comes back in. She says that for the Elimination Challenge, they will draw knives to pair up, with the challenge being that they have to take the other chef's Signature Dish and improve on it with their own spin. Michael is aghast. "You have a dish that someone just poured their heart and soul into making and you want us to improve upon it? I don't even want to touch it."

Hubert, as the chef that did two tasks on the winning Quickfire team, gets to choose his dish to re-make. He chooses Anita, saying that her layering of flavors surprised and inspired him. What a compliment, wow. Thus, Anita has to do his dish.

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