The judges taste and give some quizzical looks to Jen V's dish in particular. They think Ron's dish was nicely cooked, but Tom doesn't understand his story and how it relates to vice. They all giggle at how bad Jen's dish is. Tom points out the big chunks of seitan and the falling-off breading, and Gail says the dish was overall clunky. Wolfgang announces that if you cooked this for guests in your home, they would never return. Ouch! Kind of love Wolfgang as a judge. Hope he comes back. Mostly because I like seeing Tom giggle. They like the idea of Laurine's dish, but the donuts weren't great. In fact, Wolfgang picks one up and chucks it across the room, because he says they were like footballs. Tom just dies laughing at Wolfie. They agree that the sauces were good, though. No word on Ash's food.

Finally, the Red Team comes out. They really could have done more to visually distinguish the teams. Like put up a chyron that tells me which team is presenting, so I don't have to look back to figure it out. Because it's all about me. But seriously, it must be confusing to the viewers too, since it's the first episode and it's hard to keep the cheftestants straight. Anyway, Brother Mike presents first, and he explains his whole plastic surgery vice. I'm not sure how that's HIS vice, except maybe that he likes to look at boobs? So he made a rack of lamb with coconut sauce and cauliflower gnocchi. Wah wah waaaaaaaah.

Preeti's vice is a Maker's Mark Manhattan. Did they pay for this product placement or what? Anyway, her dish is pork tenderloin with bourbon sweet potato puree and sautéed dandelion greens in vermouth. At least she followed through on the idea with both the bourbon and vermouth incorporated.

Eve's vice is making things too complicated, which some people argued isn't a vice, but I think it is. She just doesn't explain it very well. I mean, at least she didn't say booze like everyone else. I'm surprised more people didn't say smoking too. Anyway, her dish is shrimp and scallops in a curry cream sauce with English peas. I have a problem where I never think curry sauces look appetizing. They're so...yellow. I went to an Indian food buffet once and everything was just yellow and drippy and gross. So I'm biased against curry.

Kevin's vice is procrastination. Make sure you don't team him up with Ash for a project! They would do it all at the last minute! And then Mike I. and Jen V. would yell at them because of their hot tempers. And Eve would make it overly complicated while Ron sat around thinking about his trip from Haiti and everyone else got drunk and smoked cigars. Anyway, Kevin decided to speed up things that are normally done slowly and slow down things that are normally done quickly to achieve balance. So he cooked some Arctic char very slowly, and then added a turnip salsa verde that he cooked very quickly, and added a celery salad. It's a pretty plate with a nice contrast between the pinkish fish and the green salads. And he had a way better link between the vice and the dish than Ash did. Kevin interviews that if he doesn't win, he'll be worried because the dish represents him and his best techniques, and if that's not what the judges are looking for, he's screwed.