Manny: "So I have a snapper, a la Veracruzana with creamed potatoes and saltines. Just because that's a way that I will eat it back home. I wanted to reach back to my roots, which is when I have felt the most comfortable in this competition. I want to make sure I keep honoring the cuisine of my people."

Judges: "Great. Thank you, Manny."

Guest Judge: "Delicious. You know, the fish is beautifully cooked. I like the little tartness of the tomato, the creaminess of the potato. I think it's good."

Tom Colicchio (shaking his head in ardent disagreement): "Not even close. The fish is raw."

Another judge: "Mine's not cooked either."

Yet another judgeL "Really? Oh, no. Mine's, like just right."

"Yours is beautiful. Mine is beautiful. Like, literally spot on."

"Mine's perfect."

"I think when you do a dish that's this seemingly simple, all of the details matter."

"I'm happy that he showed us something that was personal to him. There is a piece of me that wonders, did he fit the dish to the story or the story to the dish? I think Manny's dish has nothing to do with the journey in Wisconsin at all."

Tom Colicchio: "It's a good dish. Potatoes are nice and creamy. It's just, that's a pretty major flaw."