Plot

Season one winner Whitney Miller returned to present her new cookbook.

The Mystery Box Challenge required the contestants to cook a vegetarian dish. Jennifer, Adrien and Alejandra were placed in the top 3 for their dishes, in which Jennifer won. For the Elimination Challenge, the contestants had to replicate a southern dish from the cookbook of season 1 Mastechef winner Whitney Miller.

Mystery Box Challenge: The Mystery Box contained items used to create a vegetarian entrée. Jennifer, Adrien and Alejandra landed in the top three, and Jennifer won the challenge. Challenge Winner: Jennifer Behm. Elimination Challenge: Jennifer was given three dishes cooked by last year's MasterChef winner Whitney Miller to choose from for everybody to cook. She chose a catfish dish. The contestants had to recreate the dish with no recipe while Jennifer was given a basket of all ingredients needed to cook the dish. Christian and Ben were declared the best and became captains in the next team challenge. Winners: Ben Starr and Christian Collins. Bottom three: Adrien Nieto, Alejandra Schrader and Jennie Kelley. Jennie's dish fell short of the mark leading to her elimination. Eliminated: Jennie Kelley.