Meanwhile in the Krapmore Kitchen, one of Ted Ilan's pots flares up. He yanks it off the burner and asks, "What's up with that?" while Marcel laughs at him. Ted Ilan puts the flaming pot on the flagstones, and Marcel suggests, "Ilan, you should have done that for the flambé challenge." Heh. Ted Ilan next asks if someone could stop turning a burner to low. "Yeah," Marcel responds. It's not clear if Marcel is just saying "yeah" because he was the one turning it to low or just to signal that he heard Ted Ilan's request, which, by the way is not any different than when Marcel asked people to keep the walk-ins closed in the last episode. Ted Ilan tells us that everyone is annoyed by Marcel attitude of superiority and adds, "When we all know -- and even he knows -- that he's not." Elia next bitches that someone moved her steamer. Marcel admits he moved it, that he told her he was going to move it, and that there wasn't any heat under it. Elia bitches to us, "I had my hand-crafted steamer going on, and Marcel moved it because he wanted to put his pot. There's a difference between not being polite and not respecting the dynamics in the kitchen." Hon, no dynamics in any professional kitchen would say that you can call dibs on a burner that isn't turned on or being used. Even Colicchio says as much in his blog. Elia adds, "I couldn't put up with it any more. Classic Marcel's behavior." Well, maybe you should just go home then. Oh, right, you do!

The tropical night darkens and guests arrive. Wearing pale green taffeta sheathes -- not grass skirts -- hula dancers undulate and sway like coconut saplings. As the cheftestants continue to cook, the guests are laid away and seated. Food flurry with ten minutes left. Elia had originally wanted to sear her poke fish cubes -- to put her own spin on the dish -- but is now realizing she's running out of time and can't do it. Well, good, because poke really should be raw. Weirdo. Food flurry accompanied by frantic Hawaiian drum beats. The judges arrive. Miss Hawaii looks around her. Time's up.