The contestants are divided into teams of three. Mama Rosa thinks everyone wants chicken parm at a picnic. Brian Boitano realizes that his meat costs $250 with a minute left on the clock...Football Eddie to the rescue as he makes it to the meat department to slice the portion and back to the checkout time as the clock ticks off the last second. Football Eddie recognizes a fellow athlete as he notes that Brian Boitano is sweating like he just finished a figure skating competition. Rue's team ended up $100 under budget. This still isn't Hunger Games, and I'm sure that will come up in judging. However, it will be someone else's problem as the judges make the teams switch cars.
Bobby Dean is still in good with the Food Network, and he is the guest judge today. Dom is mourning the loss of his steaks while Lenny is rejoicing. If there's one person he wouldn't want to give up a set of gorgeous ribeyes to, it's the Grillmaster. Mama Rosa has to go vegetarian because someone (Rue?) did not have a protein. Brian Boitano is wondering what to do with his shrimp while Mike tells him to put it on a stick. Brian then gets a little too excited about the cucumbers. He's going to grill some fennel with it, so we'll see if he can do it better than Rosa last week. Football Eddie has some gorgeous loins. Sandwich King makes his own ketchup and mayo to use as bases for other sauces. I admire anyone that can make mayo by hand. I love watching Meryl Streep do it in Julie and Julia. Dom pouts for a while before coming up with an idea, but I'm wondering how it will taste. Armenian Mama will be cooking during service and trying to keep up. That always goes well.
Time for everyone to introduce their dishes to the Dials of Doom. Each person gets to only choose one meal to eat. Emilia starts out channeling Katy Perry as a firework and the audience responds. Rue starts out ok and fizzles from there. Stage Fright Dom returns and makes Rue look engaging. Brian Boitano sets the stage and is on fire, and then Sandwich King takes all of the rest of the time crashing and burning. Or almost all of it. Football Eddie has to actually interrupt him to get ANY time, and then Sandwich King jumps back in to talk over him at the end like a five-year-old wanting his mommy. Mama Rosa is engaging for once, and Armenian Mama and Lenny keep it going. Looks like everyone is going to want their food, so we'll see if Armenian Mama can keep up with cooking her skewers. Football Eddie engages with the crowd since he didn't get to talk during presentation.
Tasting time. Dom's steak is good and his panzanella salad has decent flavor but is a little soggy. Emilia's mint pea puree is good, but her tandoori chicken is bland. Rue's shrimp dish gets good marks as well. Too bad they had no line after the first five minutes. Football Eddie's loins lack flavor, but Alex's sandwich is the best dish so far. Brian Boitano's shrimp lollipops are bland and undercooked. The white team has a long line, but it's because both Mamas are in the weeds trying to keep up with demand. They start losing people to the boys' team. Mama Rosa has too much unheated bread for her mushrooms. Armenian Mama is ending up with charred skewers. Ah, time management.
The red team had 40 seconds left on the clock thanks to Dom and Rue. Football Eddie would have liked that time! Rue is told, "PLEASE step up!! We need your food, but you suck at selling it. Please, have a party! Feed us drinks! GET US LAID!!!" Football Eddie is told he has been letting it all slip away. Blue team won by 3 tokens and are all safe from elimination. In other words, Rosa and Michelle dicking around on time management cost their team the win and sheltered Alex from the whupping he deserves for his presentation. Rue is safe despite her lecture from the judges. Dom and the remaining Mamas are at the bottom. The judges are not sure whether Armenian Mama can cook outside her home kitchen but decide to send the last Italian Mama home instead.
Tune in next week to see if we lose our last Mama or if District 11 loses their last tribute.
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