The judges call the foursome back and Tom reiterates what their challenge was, for people (like Preeti) who just missed the message the first hundred times. Tom says that if Ashley had focused on one thing, she wouldn't have been in the bottom. Preeti's dish was overcured and didn't pair with the shot. Eve's dish had too many things going on and none of it good. Jesse's flavors were muddled. He thinks that any one of them could have been sent home for their dishes, but the person packing their knives is Eve. She realizes she's not the Top Chef, but she didn't feel like herself in this setting, and thinks her combinations are unusual and didn't make sense to the judges... or probably anyone else.

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