The chefs start the competition off with some smorgastarta appetizers, including savory Swedish layer cake; a sweet powder and prickly produce cause problems for the competitors; the chefs struggle to made eggplant into a dessert.
Director:

Michael Pearlman
Cast:

Ted Allen

Alex Guarnaschelli

Geoffrey Zakarian

Marc Murphy

Amanda Freitag

Aarón Sánchez

Chris Santos

Scott Conant

Marcus Samuelsson

Marcus Samuelson

Maneet Chauhan