With six cooks left standing and only four more episodes until the MasterChef Canada: Back To Win finale, it still feels hard to single out any one of the remaining competitors as the sole favourite. Every person left in the competition has a great track record, so it will be interesting to see how things play out tonight. In today’s challenge, the chefs are being asked to replicate what Claudio describes as a luxurious seafood platter. On the particularly large demo platter, we see a seafood spread consisting of steamed mussels in a white wine broth, fritto misto (fried halibut, smelt, oysters), grilled sardines with gremolata, red snapper ceviche, coquilles Saint-Jacques (poached scallops with cream sauce) topped with a Gruyere cheese gratin, and pan-fried squid stuffed with fennel, pinenuts, and breadcrumbs.