by Gina Scarpa

 

Tonight, on MasterChef, the remaining contestants face another Mystery Box challenge. They'll have to create one incredible dish using the ingredients inside the box. Much to Tracy's delight, this will be a baking challenge and they'll have to make cupcakes! Mmm...

 

As is the case with Mystery Box challenges, only three of the dishes, based on presentation, will be tasted by the judges. However! There is a very big twist that even these contestants don't know about yet. The winner of this challenge will automatically advance to the final four. What?!

 

Tracy could've been excited all day long but her melted cupcake won't be tasted by the judges. They instead choose Jake's chocolate lover's delight cupcake, Sharone's hazelnut and pistachio cupcake, and Whitney's coconut cupcake. I love me some coconut but I'm pulling for Jake all season long here! The winner of the challenge is... Sharone!

 

Okay, so Sharone isn't totally set to head to the final four just yet. He heads off with the judges, meets Iron Chef Cat Cora, and is presented three dishes that she is known for. Sharone chooses a halibut dish and now, everyone must replicate it. He then finds out that if his dish tastes better than Cat's, he'll head right to the final four. The rest are just cooking to live to see another day.

 

After a quick demonstration from Cat, the chefs have one hour to cook. When it's time to present, Sharone is up first and his dish is pretty damn identical to Cat's. However, the judges taste the dishes without knowing whose is whose. Their favorite dish belonged to Cat. Duh.

 

For this challenge, the winner is Jake while the bottom three are Mike, Slim, and Faruq.   Looking at that bottom three, much as I hate to say it, it's clear who's going home.  Faruq is out of the challenge.

 

To find out what happened in the second hour of MasterChef, click here!

 

MasterChef airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on Fox.

 

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