Overview
- Shirin opened the week on Monday with a Sicilian-themed menu that won praise for arancini and cannoli but she admitted a wardrobe faux pas at the table and finished with 32 points.
- Patrick moved into the lead on Tuesday with a menu partly filmed in Leverkusen, winning high marks for a dessert described by guests as "phänomenal" and totaling 34 points.
- Cordula's Sardinia-inspired evening on Wednesday drew mixed reviews for underseasoning and lack of flavour, though some courses found fans, and she scored 32 points.
- After three episodes the leaderboard is tight — Patrick 34, Shirin 32, Cordula 32 — leaving Thursday's and Friday's hosts, Frederik and Tobi, to decide the weeklong winner.
- Das perfekte Dinner is a long-running VOX format where five amateur hosts present themed multi-course dinners and are scored 0–10 by their peers each night, a mix of cooking and on-air moments that shapes contestants' reputations and the show's entertainment value.