Mystery Box Challenge: The Top 17 contestants are given one hour to cook a dish with Cajun seafood, with Aarón cooking next to them. At the end of the hour, Joe announced that the chef with the worst dish would be eliminated. Taylor, Gerron and Matt were in the bottom three. Bottom three: Gerron Hurt, Matt Houck and Taylor Waltmon. Taylor and Gerron are spared, and Matt is eliminated. After Matt left, the judges name Bowen, Samantha, Ralph, Mark, Cesar, and Ryan as the top six of the Mystery Box Challenge. Eliminated: Matt Houck. Challenge Winners/Immune: Bowen Li, Cesar Cano, Mark Ingraham, Ralph Degala, Ryan Cortez and Samantha Daily. Elimination Challenge: The remaining chefs were tasked in making a fresh version of a Salisbury steak dish, while the six immune chefs had three minutes to decide how much cooking time each person had. Shanika received 40 minutes, Emily received 35 minutes, and Julia received 30 minutes while the remaining chefs had 45 minutes. The best dishes belonged to Emily, Julia, SJ, and Gerron. The bottom three were Shanika, Lindsay and Chelsea. Challenge Winners: Emily Hallock, Gerron Hurt, Julia Danno and SJ Yun. Bottom three: Chelsea Sargent, Lindsay Haigh and Shanika Patterson. Lindsay was eliminated. Eliminated: Lindsay Haigh.