Mystery Box Challenge: The judges announced that Gordon had withdrawn from the competition due to illness. The 18 remaining contestants were required to cook using a collection of live seafood. The top three dishes were Francis B.'s, Ahran's, and Christian's. Ahran's was declared the best, winning her the challenge. Withdrew: Gordon Houston. Challenge Winner/Immune: Ahran Cho. Elimination Test: Ahran was allowed to choose the theme for the next challenge, which was based around sweet treats; she chose donuts. The others had to cook twelve donuts and present them in a box. After the challenge ended, Ahran was given a third advantage; picking a further contestant to be immune. She chose Francis B. The two best boxes of donuts were Leslie and Francis L., giving them the role of Team Captains in the next team challenge. Courtney, Cutter and Kira were announced as the bottom three. Immune: Francis Biondi. Winners: Francis Legge and Leslie Gilliams. Bottom three: Courtney Lapresi, Cutter Brewer and Kira Novak. utter was sent to safety, then Kira was eliminated. Eliminated: Kira Novak.