Danny: "This is my version of a 'piragua con leche' -  melon sorbet with avocado yogurt, candied seaweed, and a condensed milk stamp. As a kid, my grandfather would pick me up from school, and we would always get something sweet before he took me home. And it was traditionally a piragua, which is a really classic Puerto Rican shaved ice."

Judges, behind the scenes

"Danny's dish brought the element of the sea so beautifully." 

"The seaweed is so clever, and it added just what it needed." 

"That melon sorbet played so beautifully with the nuts and the seaweed, the lemon. It is a perfect end to his progression." 

"What I love about it is you have an eight year old kid with his grandfather walking down the streets of Brooklyn, and this is what you end up with. That's the beauty of food."

Judges Table

"Danny, your dessert. Have you ever been in New Orleans? We have these snowball stands that are all over the place. Well, we don't have candied seaweed? But i wish we did!"

"I wish you had another one right now. It was so delicious." 

"I didn't know that there was lemon in there, but as soon as I got that, I was like, oh. And it was excellent." 

"What I liked about this dessert is why I think I like food that you can evoke that memory. Fantastic. It's gonna become a signature. It's one of those dishes."