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The Games Begin
Ted welcomes the final regional teams to their first day of battle. "Today, the real competition and the eliminations begin for all of you," he says. Not only are the cooks affected by the outcome, but so are the mentors, because if a mentor loses both cooks, he or she will also be eliminated. For their first challenge of the day, the cooks must reinvent a classic dish and have it judged by a guest chef.