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Robin goes first and most diners agree that her dish lacks cohesiveness. Eli's dish looks like a big eggplant sushi roll but most people like it and comment on the fact that it's well plated. Michael has an utterly strange dish that mixes bananas and polenta, but it's hit, with Natalie giggling like a schoolgirl over how much she likes it.

Jennifer, of course, does not fare well. First, she takes a stab at saucing her plate tableside with au jus, but she's so nervous that her hand shakes violently during the process, splashing large amounts of the sauce on the plate and table in front of each diner. While the diners seem to like her dish, it's not substantial at all. Tom comments on the fact that it feels like a garnish. Another person said that it'd be a great side dish...next to a big steak.

Thankfully, Pompous Mike seems to have more issues. His leeks are not well cooked, with the outside mushy and the inside tough. His accompanying ingredients are mediocre at best. I have my fingers crossed that he goes home instead of Jennifer.

On the flip side, Kevin has a spectacular dish and Bryan's is good but not filling.

Yes, I'm still really nervous about Jennifer.

So we go to judges table and as expected, we have Kevin, Michael and Eli on top. Eli is ecstatic. It's the first time he's been in the top three in a non-team challenge. Eli gets compliments on his plating, Michael gets complimented on his inventive, creative approach to the challenge, but the greatest praise is reserved for Kevin. "Every mouthful of the dish was bursting with flavor," says Tom. Well, I guess we know who won.

And yes, Kevin wins the challenge. He's the first person this season to win both a Quickfire and an Elimination Challenge in one episode. We've known this for weeks now, but now there can be absolutely no doubt: he's the favorite to win this competition.

On the bottom, we have Robin (who's expecting it), Jennifer (who hates herself) and Pompous Mike (who's disappointed but still confident that he won't be going home). Robin goes first and starts rambling incoherently about her dish and all the ingredients she was going to use and she loved this challenge, waka waka waka. Tom calls her out on the fact that she's so excited about all these different ingredients that her dish lacked coherency. She really has no response to this.

Jennifer goes next and the judges absolutely hammer her for her portion size. It was a garnish, it was a side dish...Padma even says that she couldn't see on the plate where Jennifer's two hours had gone. She further criticizes Jennifer's tableside service, saying that most diners ended up "wearing your au jus." Jennifer says that she was nervous. Gail asks what it was about this challenge that made her nervous and Jenn responds by saying that the judges ALWAYS make her nervous. She promises to show why she deserves to be in this competition if she's allowed to stay, "and if I'm not," she continues, "then thank you for the opportunity."

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