Good to see that the current ark was not just covered in one episode but two. Though this does make me wonder how the second half of the series will be covered, there is no way the entire competition can be covered in 12 episodes so I wonder if it will end with the challenge with the copycat chef or even before then. Though them not rushing makes me relatively confindent they expect a second season to be commisioned.
As for this weeks manga, it was OK, was more of a build up will be interesting to see what hurdle he has to overcome, because that seems to be the running theme, he has an unexpected hurdle that he needs to overcome.