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Land - Mushroom & Goat Cheese Cheesecake, Sesame Tuile, Candied Mushrooms & Spruce Syrup
Chef Kaleena (during prep): "I have my cheesecake out of the freezer. The crust came out way too hard, and the cheesecake basically didn't quite set to the point that it should have."
Chef Alisha (in response): "We don't have precise cuts on our dishes, and the whole point of our dish is precision. I feel like we're just two separate chefs, like plating and doing our own food plan."
During presentation to the judges:
Chef Kaleena: "With the dessert, I have a mushroom and goat cheesecake. There is a sesame and nori tuile on top, some candied mushrooms, and a little bit of spruce syrup."
Buddha Lo: "And what was on the base of the cheesecake?"
Chef Kaleena: "Cornmeal crust. And then the cheesecake is set on top of it."
Dominique Crenn (trying to break the base crust): "I can't even ..."
Tom Colicchio: "I like the mushroom cheesecake idea of a cleanest dish, but that bottom crust is just so bad."
