Overview
- During the Nov. 11 VOX episode, Tim Mälzer grew emotional recalling how a London kitchen crisis once led him to quit cooking.
- Guest chef Gennaro Contaldo demonstrated how to build strong dishes from few ingredients, setting the tone for technique over frills.
- Ahead of the cook-off, Mälzer reframed his mentoring approach, urging contestants to make independent decisions with clear intent.
- The challenges included a 20-minute assignment to feed ten people and a separate 20-minute minced-meat task focused on creating something unique.
- A dispute with judge Jan Hartwig over dishes deemed off-brief ended with Mälzer briefly walking out and saying he considered stopping, as two contestants were sent home.