It is the top 9 now and for the team challenge, the contestants were split into 3 teams of 3, to cook cuisine from one of Japan, Vietnam and Indonesia. The 3 team captains were Ha, Lennard and Lica, having cooked the best 3 dishes in the previous episode.
This challenge was held in Changi Airport, which captured a wide diversity of guests tasting the food. Together with the different cuisines on show, it definitely provided a more even playing field, as the show has been subjected to some criticism for having some advantage to the Singaporean contestants.
Ha's team was to cook Japanese cuisine, and although Leong was known to be skilled in that area, Ha chose not to select him, instead selecting Sandrian and Priya. Perhaps it was because she forsaw that there would be too many dominating personalities in the team? Lennard's team comprised Jasbir and Marcus, to cook Vietnamese food while Lica's team seemed to have the most disadvantage, since her teammates Leong and Blanche had no expertise on Indonesian food, although Lica had a mis-step in not choosing Jasbir, who was skilled in Malaysian and Indo food
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