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The next day, the cheftestants start cooking. Kevin is only using three components in his dish and knows that each one will have to be spot on, Bryan really wishes he had eight hours to cook his spare rib, and Jennifer wants to make up for her errors in the Quickfire. Eli, who is also cooking pork belly, sneers at Jennifer's food, saying that his is more robust and exciting than Jennifer's, which is "more basic."

Meanwhile, Robin is motivated to win. She wants to show all these young kids that she came here to cook good food. Just like all these other reality show contestants, she's not here to make friends.

Anyways, a veritable horde of diners start to come down a runway for lunch and the chefs start freaking out. Seriously, it looks like Miley Cyrus fans at a Hannah Montana concert. Most chefs start quickly plating - but not Eli. He's so confident about his dish. He thinks that he's paired his ingredients perfectly with his wine.

The judges begin trying the cheftestants' meals and surprisingly, there doesn't seem to be a single bomb in the crowd. Until the end, that is. Robin serves this brined center cut pork chop, which doesn't taste of pork and is far too slimy. Laurine has a pork butt rillette with arugula, and according to Toby, her rillette is a disaster.

Great. There are only three women left in this competition and two of them have horrible dishes. Jeebus. Weren't there any better female chefs that Bravo could have included in this season's competition? I'm sure that Jen is embarrassed for her sex.

The cheftestants head back to the stew room and Padma calls out Michael, Bryan, Kevin and Jennifer. I immediately turn to my boyfriend and proclaim: these will be the four chefs that make it to the finale. Mark my words.

PS. Haha Eli, you didn't make it into the Top Four! NYAH NYAH!

Michael's dish of root beer braised pork cheek had a lot going on but they all went together. Jennifer provided the lightest pork belly that Charlie had ever eaten – it was very good. (At this point, Toby garbles something about French wines and hairy armpits . . . he was trying to compliment Jennifer but I don't think anyone understood what he was trying to say). Bryan's dish of braised spare rib was successful, tasted of pork and could not have chosen a better wine to pair it with. Kevin hit all parts of the flavor of his wine with his pork leg pate.

It's hard to say who wins but I'm thinking it's either Jennifer or Kevin - and KEVIN ends up winning. It's his third Elimination challenge win and he instantly becomes the undisputed frontrunner to win this title. His quality of cooking and inventiveness really reminds me of Richard Blais - though we all know how THAT turned out.

The bottom three are called before the judges: Ash, Laurine and Robin. You could tell they all expected to be on the bottom. After they exit, Eli and Pompous Mike remark to the group that they hope the judges make "the right decision." Michael says that you couldn't taste any pork in Robin's dish and Pompous Mike says, "I don't care how it tasted, I just want Grandma to go home."

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