The three finalists, Rick, Susur, and Marcus, report for the last round. First up, we review Rick's story: he was eliminated in the first round last season, so he came back this season hoping to make it further. And he did! Even though he's kind of loud and obnoxious and has self-admitted ADD about a lot of things. What about Marcus? He's looking back on the journey he's taken this season, and thinks he has gotten to know himself. And what about Susur? He remembers that his first Quickfire was terrible, but after a pep talk from his wife, he went out and fought for it. He may have bruised a few egos along the way, but he also earned some of the highest scores this show has ever seen.

The chefs arrive at Los Angeles's Union Station, which is really beautiful. Kelly explains that the final round will be just like last year; they will be celebrating their journey as chefs. Marcus is happy to have the chance to show America his journey. Did I change channels and stumble upon The Bachelor? Why is everyone talking about journeys? Or maybe the finale of Glee? That had a lot of Journey too. Anyway, the first dish is supposed to be inspired by their first food memory. The second dish will be about the experience that made them decide to become a chef, and the third dish will be the dish that describes them as a chef. Susur thinks it's an emotional journey (that word again!) he hasn't taken before, and trying to describe it in only three dishes is "pretty heavy."

Kelly gives the parameters of the judging. In addition to the normal critics, they will also be serving Tom Colicchio, and last season's three finalists: Michael Chiarello, Hubert Keller, and Rick Bayless. Rick Moonen interviews that all of those guys have been finalists on this show, so there's no fooling them about the realities of the situation. Then again, they might also be more sympathetic to the challenges, no?

The finalists get to have breakfast together and talk about the challenge before they have to get to work. Marcus says that he doesn't really remember being in Somalia, so his first food memories are of Sweden. His mother died of tuberculosis when he was three, and he was adopted by a Swedish family. He talks about what he's going to do for his first course, but I'm going to save the full description for when the food is actually served. Rick talks about his first memory. He grew up on Long Island and used to go clamming with his father, and he ate a raw clam for the first time and it tasted like the ocean. He reveals that no one in his family was in the restaurant industry so this has been an unknown for him, and he knows his parents would be proud. Susur remembers going out for dim sum with his father, and specifically remembers a black bean sauce. They finish breakfast and realize that there's work to do, so they head to the store.