He then assigned the other contestants select parts of the Alberta Beef Cuts. He lost the challenge but was immune from the pressure test along with Pino.Įric made Cha Siu Tong Mein for the Childhood Mystery Box and was then declared the winner of the challenge and safe from elimination. Due to his Apple Pie with Beer Caramel being raw, he was sent to the bottom 3 but was saved from Danny's dish.Įric was assigned to the Red Team for the next team challenge at Toronto's distillery district. In the Ravioli pressure test, he overpowered his Ravioli by putting too much onions and sage garnish but was saved as Mike and Brooke had under performing dishes than him.Įric cut his finger in the Burger Mystery Box Challenge and was forced to sit this one out while he gets medical help.Įric was then returned to the competition and was tasked with baking a dessert along with Josh in the Apples and Beer Elimination Challenge by Kaila. He lost the challenge and was sent to the pressure test. His dish was not selected as the top or bottom dish of the challenge.Įric was selected to be on the White Team, with Dale serving as the team captain. In the smelt elimination challenge, he made a Smelt Broth with Soba Noodles topped with some Braised and Deep Fried and Smelts. In the Kraft Peanut Butter Mystery Box, his Peanut Butter Fruit Tart with Bruleed Strawberries and Chocolate was selected in the Top 3 but did not win the challenge. He made a Chicken Ravioli with a Herb Cream Sauce.
He later then gained a yes from Alvin and advanced.Įric was seen cooking in a chicken challenge to earn a spot in the Top 16.
He gained a no from Michael but a yes from Claudio and was then given a rebuke/scolding from Alvin telling him to be very good if he was to be given a yes. However, he has since gained respect from them as well as the judges (mainly Alvin) once he improved himself and learned from his mistakes to make restaurant quality dishes.Įric first appeared in this episode, auditioning his "This is Ducking Awesome" dish comprised of a Pan Seared Duck Breast, Rice, Spring Rolls and a Red Thai Curry Sauce. He was initially underestimated by his fellow competitors due to his pretentious over-ambition, unpredictable energy and youth. Despite his flaws, he showed raw talent, passion, creativity and promising potential. His risk taking would either pay off greatly or blow up in his face, and make him look pretentious. He also had a very audacious fighting spirit, wanting to over-impress the judges by over ambitiously pushing the envelope off the charts into dangerously groundbreaking territory.
Throughout his run, he was frantic, disorganized, scatterbrained, and unpredictable, with the tendency of zig-zagging all over the place when he was a team captain in a field team challenge. As a Chinese-Canadian university student, Eric was seen as a boundless, upbeat and energetic competitor in the competition and someone who wanted to change his life due to his cruelly unsupportive parent's disapproval of his culinary dream in the kitchen.
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