Overview
- Contestants drew nested boxes to recreate seven regional alfajores, with judges evaluating technique, flavor and presentation.
- Damián Betular was the only juror to give hands-on guidance during the test, a point cited in debates over fairness.
- The judges sent Andy Chango and Maxi López to the 'noche de beneficios', placed Susana Roccasalvo and La Joaqui just behind, and assigned Claudio 'Turco' Husaín, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and Emilia Attias to the 'noche de última chance'.
- Technical errors shaped outcomes: Husaín’s norteños were nearly unbiteable due to syrup issues, Rodríguez’s patagónicos stuck to the box from excess chocolate, and Attias’s mendocinos had a thick, soft coating.
- Assignments varied in difficulty, with López’s Marplatense considered less demanding while La Joaqui handled gluten-free litoraleños featuring a yerba mate coating.