The one-on-one matches leave chefs tense, as ingredients like blue crab and quail demand finesse and creativity to bring out their depth of flavor.

Local ingredients like monkfish, whelks and chestnuts put Black Spoons and White Spoons on equal footing as the intense blind taste test continues.

The White Spoons face the Black Spoons in a team showdown where the winning side takes all. Their fate lies with a group of mysterious judges.