Finals Mystery Box Challenge & Dessert Pressure Test: "Banana Split" 2014
The top 6 finalists faced their last Mystery Box Challenge. They must cook their dishes with the use of ingredients from the box chosen by their respective loved ones in 45 minutes. Three Contestants who cooked their best dishes will be safe from elimination in the second round. Brent, Emelia and Tracy were named the Top 3 while Ben, Jamie and Laura were declared the Bottom 3. They faced off in a two-hour Pressure Test where they had to survive elimination by replicating a difficult interpretation of a banana split created by returning pastry chefs: Darren Purchese, Christy Tania and Nick Palumbo (each chef composed one of the elements of this dessert). Jamie manage to deliver the take of the dessert and he was safe. Ben's chocolate peanut sauce had split and it was greasy while his tuilles were too thin causing it to crumble and his banana parfait lack texture. Laura had issues with her banana gelato and her coconut foam lacked execution of the spices but the rest of her elements thrive in judging and she was safe, eliminating Ben from the competition.
