The three finalists have piled into a car and have no idea where they are being taken. They just know they are traveling on the Coastal Highway, but aren't sure if they have another Quickfire ahead of them, or something else. They finally arrive at The Getty Villa in Malibu, and it is breathtaking. The views, the art, the grounds, all beautiful.

The chefs walk in and find Kelly waiting for them. She welcomes them and reminds them that they are the only three remaining from the twenty-four that started, and whichever one wins this last challenge will get $100,000 for their charity and the title of Top Chef Master. Don't they at least get a little crown or something? Maybe a special chef's toque? Kelly's hair is looking kind of flat today. It must be humid/windy up at the Getty Villa.

Anyway, Kelly explains the challenge: the chefs will create a series of dishes based on their careers as chefs. More specifically, the first dish will be inspired by the chef's first food memory. The second dish will be inspired by the experience that made them become chefs. The third dish will be inspired by the opening of their first restaurants. The final dish will be inspired by where the chefs are heading in the future. The chefs are thrilled by this awesome challenge. Rick comments that this isn't even a challenge, because it's something he would just love to do anyway. Michael thinks he's got this one wrapped up because he is a storyteller at heart. Kelly concludes that, in addition to the three regular critics, the diners will include Colicchio, Gail, and Padma from Top Chef, and then the five winners of Top Chef as well. Kelly leaves them to hang out in the Villa and think about their menus.

Is this the most awesome challenge ever? I love it. The chefs walk over and find a table filled with food to snack on while they discuss their menus. Hubert goes first and talks about how his parents owned a pastry shop and they lived above it, so his first food memory will definitely be related to pastry somehow. They show a photo of an adorable baby Hubert in a carriage, holding what looks like a breadstick or some sort of pastry. Hubert explains how he chose his first dish, which is called baeckeoffe, and it's a stew made from lamb, beef, and pork with potatoes. In the old country, Monday was laundry day, so on their way to do laundry, the women of the village would bring their leftover meats and vegetables to Hubert's father's pastry shop. They would put all the meats and veg into a pastry crust and stick it in the oven all day to cook slowly. The women would stop on the way home and pick up their dinners. It's sort of the old country version of a crock pot.