Marco Pierre White

Master of menace Marco Pierre White asks the cooks to make something magnificent out of his favourite pantry stapes, with mixed results.

Not for the first time one reflects on how difficult it is for the layman to tell the difference between kitchen fires that are a tragedy and kitchen fires that are delicious. Overall Julie's fried chicken is excellent and Marco is taking her away to his private island. Harry is sent home to think about what she's done, but at least she got to fulfil her lifelong dream of failing in front of Marco Pierre White. The fiendish ploy of the producers to put flounder in the pantry even though anyone who tries cooking it will be sent home has paid off. Next is Aldo, who stuffs his squid just the way Marco likes it. Which is a bit weird because he had put in his application by that time so you'd think he'd at least have considered the possibility. Jock and Marco go to the pantry, where Marco confides in Jock about his lifelong hatred of flounder and all it stands for. "Your sauce is deliciously sticky," Marco says to Julie, which is weird because he hasn't started her dish yet. Now that he knows that Marco is good at cooking, he will undoubtedly fly into a panic. Today's challenge is to listen to Marco tell a story and somehow still be alert enough afterwards to make a dish. Dan has been inspired by the ingredients to flash back to his childhood, remembering that when he was a kid his dad, much like Marco, used to cook food. Previously on MasterChef, Marco Pierre White came to the kitchen, yet somehow everyone got out alive.