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The MasterChef kitchen is a hive of activity as four contestants attempt to re-create a dessert from Donato Toce aka "Evil Zumbo".

His Honey is declared "pretty good" by the judges, who seem to be in kind of a bitchy mood. "I'm gonna keep fighting to that very last second," she says, briefly considering setting off a smoke bomb in the dining room. "It's called Honey and it's Honey for a reason," says Dan, wise as always, observing that the reason it's called Honey is all the honey in it. Disaster! As he checks the recipe and discovers he wasn't supposed to break it. With three minutes to go, she has another go at the beehive and breaks yet another one. Matt is working on the cake, which is a "financier", known in English as a "venture capitalist". "I think a financier is just a financy word for a cake!" Dan has hit on the secret, though: "I used to work in the mines," he muses, and this seems to do the trick. Dan begs for approval from the balcony as he makes his tuile. He tells Andy he just needs to re-read the recipe. Montana begins work on her honey tuile, definitely the most pointless and unnecessary part of the dish. Today's is a master gelato maker who the judges call "Donato Toce", but who I call "Evil Zumbo". Melissa claims he has "more dedication in his little finger than most people have in their entire bodies". This sounds impressive, but it just so happens he has a particularly dedicated little finger. "I just don't trust myself," he admits, staring in rapt wonder at a lit match.