Top Chef ™

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Quickfire Challenge

Padma Lakshi: "For your quickfire challenge today, you'll each choose one of the displayed emojis and create a dish inspired by it."

Gaggan Anand (guest judge): "I really want you all to think about the dish and the emotion behind the dish and have fun with it."

Padma Lakshi: "The winner of this quickfire will receive immunity in the elimination challenge."

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Plantain with Blue Cheese and Bacon

Amar

Padma Lakshi: "Wow. Very interesting combination."

Gaggan Anand: "I love it. It's all BBB ... blue cheese, bananas, and bacon. Amar. I loved your dish. It was banana, blue cheese, bacon, and bold. I would like to steal that idea sometime in my life."

"Freezing Myself to Death"

Buddha

Chef Gaggan Anand: "I love the way you thought about the emotion behind this emoji, and the way you presented your food. Buddha, that was like, wow. That was one of my dishes. I would do for that emoji. So well done, Buddha."

Meatball with Com Dep

Nicole

Padma lakshi: "I like the crunch."

Chef Gaggan Anand: "That's spicy but good. I love spicy. I was very surprised. Sweet little green grinchy looking thing. And that meatball was fiercely spiced. Great disguise."

Padma Lakshi: "It was good to get that smack of flavor. Thank you."