Comments from the judges ( Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Joe Bastianich)

"The final dish that we would like to taste is from the west. It comes from a young lady who unfortunately did not elevate beyond the expectations. Please come forward. Amanda."

Chef Amanda (side conversation): "I'm not surprised that I'm in the bottom. I went way out of my comfort zone. I cooked something I've never cooked before. In my heart, I knew I should have just stuck with what I know."

Judges: "Amanda, can you please give us a description of your dish?"

Chef Amanda: "I made roasted cod fish tacos with homemade tortillas. One is a very fresh green sauce, and one is a very spicy red sauce. I made them because in California, you can't go to a fair without seeing tacos everywhere."

Judges: "I appreciate the fact that you want the homemade tortilla and the two different sauces, but I can nip outside, and 300 metres down the road, I can buy one at $3 that will look better than those. Wow. They just look sad. Just sticking the fish in the oven and baking it is not the smartest way of cooking fish. So sadly, my tortilla was very thick, very dry. It needs at least some color on there. It's just sort of floury and doughy. There's no acidity, there's no slaw, there's no heat."

"It's just a matter of misexecution. I think tacos can be elevated. Sadly, this is not it. And there's just Pico de gallo, which is very rudimentary. There's crema. The seasoning on the fish is really well done, actually. But just not hitting the mark on multiple levels."

"It's not a terrible dish. If I came to your house, you gave me that. You said you cooked tacos for the first time. I'd say they were good because I'm polite. This might be Amanda does tacos for the first time, and that's great, but that's not what we want. I'm sorry to say. That's just the truth."