Prior to the first competition round, Mario Montecuollo was disqualified after his five-month professional kitchen experience violated the show's guidelines of the auditions.
The producers investigated the contestant's position as a head chef at his bar in Enmore and discovered that Montecuollo had been working one day a week as a paid cook for five months within the past years.
Casual participants were allowed to audition without working previously in a professional kitchen for more than six weeks, ruling him ineligible to compete in the show.
In five hours, Billie managed to redeem herself in keeping her control of recreating the dish as Georgia fell behind throughout the challenge and, which led to her decision to disregard the sugar ball and focus on her other elements during the last five minutes.
In the tasting, Billie earned overall positive feedback from the judges with her take of the dish, while Georgia had missed the sugar ball and her grape gel was grainy.