Bobotie Bomb A South African bobotie reworked as a filled sphere, with spiced rice inside and the curried minced meat and egg custard elements built around it so it bursts when eaten. The cook argued that the bomb format was what made it viral. At the walk round, Joe Bastianich remarked on the number of round balls on the plate and the cook conceded the presentation could have been better while defending the flavours. The dish was neither in the top four nor the bottom three. NOTE ON ATTRIBUTION: this cook is never addressed by name anywhere in the transcript. Bobotie is South African, which points to team Africa, and the only Africa cook not otherwise accounted for is Heidi, but Aishu also has no dish in this episode. Please confirm before publishing. Dialogue: {Unidentified contestant}: "I am making a bobotie bomb. So bobotie is a very traditional South African dish. It's ground meat, fragrant spices. I think this dish is viral because it's all going in a little bomb. So you're going to have the rice and spice inside there. You're going to have all the beautiful meat and the egg, and it's going to be popping in your mouth, and everyone's going to love it." {Unidentified contestant}: "Looking around, I'm feeling not 100% confident." {Unidentified contestant}: "There are some pretty interesting dishes out there, some different stuff, which, that's what the whole viral thing is." {Unidentified contestant}: "But the judges are looking for something that's going to get a lot of views. Millions and billions." {Unidentified contestant}: "And so we have that added pressure with that extra fourth judge." {Unidentified contestant}: "I think I could have worked on my presentation a little bit better, but overall, I think the flavors are there. And Nick, he knows how to make viral dishes that will catch the audience's attention." {Unidentified contestant}: "So I'm really hoping I'm not on the bottom."