Celebrity MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace left Emma Thynn, the Marchioness of Bath, stunned when he revealed he wouldn't be able to eat the desert she had prepared for him during one of the challenges.
During tonight's episode, Thynn, Christine McGuinness, Jake Quickenden, Tamer Hassan and Jamie MacDonald were put to the test with multiple challenges to present to Wallace and John Torode.
The first test of their kitchen skills was the fan favourite, Under the Cloche, where each celebrity was aiming to cook up a storm using a mystery ingredient.
If they failed to impress, they were granted a second chance as the five celebrities were challenged to cook their favourite dinner party dishes for the judges - making two plates they’d be proud to serve at home to their friends and family.
For Thynn's first dish, she served Wallace and Torode a seafood medley, with king prawns, muscles and clams, along with crushed peas and a seafood veloute.
Taking a taste of her dish, Wallace said: "You have a good eye for presentation. Prawns are cooked, muscles are cooked, everything is giving a saltiness of the sea, the sweetness of the peas.
Emma Thynn impressed both judges with her seafood dish
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"Everything else is well seasoned, you know how to make a volute and you have used the cooking liquid from the shellfish, that is a job well done."
Torode added: "The sweet pea is great, the little bit of rocket running through the whole thing, little bit of pepperiness, tastes good! Really nicely cooked, no two ways about it!"
For her second dish, Thynn served a flowerless dark chocolate cake, with chocolate ganache, raspberries and crème fraîche, to which Torode immediately described it as "pretty".
Taking one mouthful, Wallace was left a little unimpressed and noted: "Lovely combination. You obviously really love chocolate, it is well made but that is a lot of rich chocolate.
Emma Thynn made a flowerless chocolate cake for her desert
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"I think you need half the amount and maybe a biscuit base underneath it or something because that is a lot of chocolate, I couldn't consume that much."
However, Torode didn't agree with his fellow judge and long-term friend and told Thynn: "Gregg and I don't always agree. If your main course is subtle and dainty and pretty and light.
"Your desert is just bang, in your face, as much chocolate as it can possibly give you, rich, dark and opulent. I think it is really well made, it delivers huge amounts of flavour, I think it is a pretty dish and I really like it."
Walking away from the table, Thynn reflected: "Gregg said it was too much chocolate, John didn't fully agree. The flavours have been good, hopefully, that matters a lot and the rest will come with practice, this is a crash course in cooking isn't it, on TV! Not stressful at all!"
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Gregg Wallace admitted he couldn't eat her cake as it was too rich
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Despite Wallace not wanting to finish eating Thynn's food, she managed to make it into the next round and it was McGuinness who was saying goodbye to the competition.
Speaking about her experience, she said: "I am really really proud of myself that I even went into a kitchen that I wasn't familiar with, I tried to make food that I never really made before.
"I was well out of my comfort zone, that was too much of a stretch for me. I am going to carry on cooking at home, and I am happy that I have done it but I am relieved that I don't need to keep practicing infront of the nation."
