Quickfire: See no evil, taste no evil.
Elimination: Elemental, my dear Colicchio.
Padmaism: "I am going to blindfold you."

Don't get out of bed angry — It's morning, but not such a good one for all the cheftestants. Antonia and Zoi are still mad about making the bottom two for the film food Elimination Challenge. Antonia uses colorful language. Zoi uses language we can publish.

Zoi: I definitely feel like I deserve to be here today so waking up feels good. I am trying not to be irritated and pissed about the fact that we got jacked on the last one. But it's kind of good, it kind of lights a little fire under your ass.

Ever the good girlfriend, Jennifer concurs heartily. She even calls herself a fan of Zoi. Aww, it's a chefbian solidarity moment. It's also a chefbian requisite novelty T-shirt moment. Look at the San Franciscan calling out the Big Apple with her "more hugging, less mugging" shirt.

Oh say can you see — As the dozen remaining cheftestants enter the Top Chef Kitchen, Padma is waiting for them with guest judge Ming Tsai, chef and owner of the Blue Ginger restaurant in Boston. Today's Quickfire is — dun-dun-dun — the dreaded blind taste test. Well, dreaded by some, savored by others.

The sensitivity of the chefs' palates will be gauged with a blind taste test. Just how blind? This blind.

Padma with a blindfold? Best. Idea. Ever. At this point I feel like I should send the producers of Top Chef a thank you card or a muffin basket.

The chefs will be blindfolded and given two items to taste. One is a high-end version and the other is a cheaper substitute. They get 20 seconds to decide which is the better item, and the one who picks the most right, wins. Basically, it's a snobby version of the Pepsi Challenge.

Taster's choice — The chefs come in one by one to test their palates. Ryan says he is looking for salty, fatty, overly sweet foods as dead giveaways for low quality. Stephanie says she is looking for the more flavorful options. She then proceeds to pick imitation crab instead of fresh crab. I briefly consider taking away her honorary chefbian status.

The rest of the chefs come and go. Lisa is nervous, and not just because she looks like Zorro the Masked Chef in her blindfold. She knocks over the water bottle. She then says that the entire thing would have been easier without the blindfold. Uh, I think that's the point.

Dale does well on the chocolate and gets all the "Asian ingredients right." Caviar, however, is his Waterloo, as he picks the $2.50 version over the $17 stuff. How will he ever show his face in the gourmet market again?

Antonia is the most excited about the challenge. She says it's because her palate is very, very good. I think she might have a secret blindfold fetish.