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The contestants are asked to make an amuse bouche using only the food items and utensils at the buffet table for their welcome party. The contestants were asked in advance to say what their favourite ingredient to work with is and they must now show why.
Each chef receives a whole pike and must fillet it and prepare a dish in 45min. In the Top Chef kitchen, the chefs must prepare a seafood dish in 1 hour.
The chefs are given 45 minutes to prepare a dessert using chocolate as the main ingredient. The chefs in a team challenge must prepare a buffet table for a Sub press conference with 200 guests taking ecology and ethics into account. Each team receives €900 and 2 hours prep time. As quickfire winner, Maija gets to choose her team members.
Each chef must prepare a fast food dish in 45min. The chefs must prepare a dish from Finnish domestic livestock. As Quickfire winner, Samu chooses lamb neck. The rest of the chefs draw knives to assign meats.
The chefs must pair a dish with a beer appropriate for a gastropub in 45 minutes, The chefs draw knives to decide which beer goes to whom. Prepare lunch for the hockey team Jokerit at Hartwall Arena before a match. The meal must be rich in carbohydrates and protein, low in fat and not heavily spiced.
The chefs draw knives and are split into teams for a "broken telephone" challenge. Arto draws a blank knife which entitles him to be a judge. Each team member only gets 10 minutes of cooking time. The challenge starts with one chef starting a dish and after 10 minutes a whistle is blown and the next chef must continue cooking the dish. The chefs that is waiting to cook is blindfolded. The chefs draw knives for a classic dish to present to food writer Juha Virkki, restaurant critic and author Tuomas Vimma and Anna magazine editor-in-chief Hanna Jensen. The chefs must recreate the classic while preserving its food culture history. The chefs are given 2 hours cooking time to complete the challenge.
For Restaurant Wars, the chefs draw knives and Maija and Samu get to be team leaders and select their team members. Each team gets €2,000 to shop at K-citymarket.
The chefs are given 20 minutes to create a cocktail. The chefs must prepare two savoury dishes and one sweet dish for a fashion show cocktail party for about 50 guests. The dishes must also match Lanson Champagne Brut Black Label.
The chefs go to Porvoo to Kannonnokka and must prepare lunch for the hunters in 1+1⁄2 hours. The chef draw knives to see which game meat goes to whom. Back in the Top Chef Kitchen, The chefs must prepare a meal in two hours from the hunters' catch. Mika, as Elimination Challenge winner, gets to choose first. The others choose in the order from best to worst in the Elimination Challenge.
The finalists must prepare a three course meal for six. Akseli is assisted by former competitor Jussi and Samu is assisted by former competitor Markus. After serving the third course, the finalists are given an extra 15 minutes to prepare a petifour.
