Step Up to the Plate

Allegra and Fred challenge eight new contestants to run their own restaurant.

Fred and Allegra seek out kids with the potential to make it in the restaurant business.

Allegra and Fred find which contestants have the chops to run their own restaurant.

Fred and Allegra ask eight kids to prove they have the skills to run their own restaurant.

Allegra and Fred Sirieix run the rule over eight new restaurant-running hopefuls.

Allegra and Fred Sirieix run the rule over eight restaurant-running hopefuls.

Allegra and Fred continue their mission to find new restaurant talent.

Allegra and Fred continue their mission to find new restaurant talent.

Allegra and Fred discover which contestants have the skills to run their own restaurant.

Fred and Allegra search for young talent who can make it in the restaurant trade.

The stakes are raised as top critics Jimi Famurewa and Ruth Hansom judge the semi-finalists' cooking and service in a high-tension challenge.

Allegra McEvedy and Fred Sirieix test out eight contestants to discover if they have the skills to run their own restaurant. It's the second of the semi-finals, and it's the last chance for the contestants to win themselves a place in the final. The Kitchen Crew cook a dish of their own invention, while the Restaurant Crew design table settings and mocktails for eagle-eyed food critics Gizzi Erskine and Ben Ebbrell.

Fred chooses this series’ winning maitre d’, and Allegra selects her champion head chef.