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As for the other groups, Ash is having a great time working with Michael, who he is clearly in awe of. Ash remarks that every time he suggests something for the dish, Michael comes up with a better one. I think Ash is clearly letting Michael take the lead in this challenge, which is not necessarily a bad idea, but definitely shows that Ash sees himself as a non-contender in this competition.

Their dish sounds good conceptually but Michael has a big snafu when the electrical outlet he's using to grill his halibut goes dead and he has to run over to another outlet to finish cooking his fish. Understandably, he's worried about how his dish will come out.

Eli and Ashley are doing prawns and gnocchi. The prawns are being grilled by Ashley because Eli doesn't know how to do it, and Ashley is also sautéing the gnocchi, which makes me scratch my head, cause I didn't think gnocchi was something that you sauté.

Kevin and Jennifer are doing BBQ pork. Kevin is doing the pork and Jennifer is doing this tomato chutney. Sounds like a safe dish.

We hear almost nothing about Bryan and Laurine from this entire challenge.

Finally, it's time to eat and all the dishes come out. It's universally agreed that Michael and Ash's halibut is not cooked right, with Nancy calling it "mushy." Plus, their pancetta is undercooked. Bryan and Laurine's halibut is much better, with some great spice from the chorizo.

Eli and Ashley's gnocchi is REALLY salty, something that's due to Eli's bad seasoning of the dish. Unfortunately, the prawns are not well cooked and not well seasoned, which will be wholly attributed to Ashley.

Pompous Mike and Robin's dish is well-liked. Kevin and Jennifer's Kobe beef is fabulous, according to the diners.

I think, at this point, it's pretty clear that Ashley and Eli had the worst dish and Kevin and Jennifer had the best dish. If I had to choose, I think that Ashley will go home because she did the bulk of the cooking and the cooking was bad, and that Kevin will win because he cooked the star of his dish: the beef.

Padma calls out the teams of Kevin/Jennifer and Bryan/Laurine. Everyone in the stew room knows that those teams are on top and they look totally defeated. Meanwhile, the two teams in front of the judges are having a ball of a time.

Toby remarks that he loved Kevin and Jennifer's beef, saying that he kept eating it even after the dinner was over. Tom jokes that he took home a doggy bag of the leftover beef. As for Bryan and Laurine, Tom compliments them for editing down the list of ingredients in their dish, saying that each flavor really stood out.

In the end, Kevin and Jennifer end up having the best dish and in a really pleasant surprise, Jennifer is named the winner for having put together the best part of their dish, the tomato chutney. She's ecstatic. After two Quickfire wins, she finally has her first Elimination win.

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