One home cook asks the wall of chefs to commit to her "engagement hash" in the Crowd-Pleaser round, and wee capers present big problems for the home cooks as they open Chef Alida Solomon's fridge. When Chef Todd Perrin asks the final two cooks to make a restaurant-worthy dish using the bounty of the sea, both do their best to reel in the win.

An unconventional approach to a Middle Eastern favourite has the chefs questioning one home cook's ability to please a crowd, and the strong flavours of blue cheese, broccoli, and chorizo in Chef Mandel Hitzer's fridge have everyone struggling to create a cohesive dish. Inspired by Chef Christine Cushing, pasta is on the menu in the final round with one home cook keeping it simple and the other going for all-out luxury.

Wild game and squid ink make for an exciting opening round, and it's curry in a hurry when the home cooks create dishes using the South Asian ingredients in Chef Meeru Dhalwala's fridge. In the end, a simple meat and potatoes challenge from Chef Lynn Crawford has one cook throwing out a first attempt and starting from scratch.