Poor Max is called on to talk about the Iliad. Whatever he doesn't know, Gian Maria does know and raises his hand constantly.

Alice is concerned about Max. Gianmaria knows very well that Max is in trouble and makes a proposal. In cooking class, Joy
decides she doesn't feel well and leaves.

Joy and Stefano have a brief conversation in the park. He doesn't push. Michelino shows up wanting to go over to the lawyer's house with Joy. The cooking team practices their new recipe at the bistro.

Max meets up with Gianmaria to give him the recipe, but is Gianmaria being straight with him? Joy and Alice have their pyjama party, but it's not much of a party.

Joy has trouble sleeping. Max isn't sleeping either because he is reading! At the cooking contest, Alice notices that Melissa is making the same recipe as the JAMS team.

Professor Capuana is one of the judges of the lasagna contest. He notices right away that two of the dishes look an awful lot alike. Later on, at the park, the JAMS have an uncomfortable discussion.

After Stefano's decision to leave JAMS, the kids risk losing the contest finals. Alice is upset, but Max tries to calm her down by telling her that everything will be fine.

Joy was able to confirm that Stefano no longer wanted to participate in the contest. In class, the teacher returns the assignments and compliments all the students.

During the lesson on main courses, Joy seems very distracted and Alice thinks it's because of Stefano. JAMS seems to be in real trouble now that not even Max has shown up.

Alice asks Joy to try to talk to Stefano since she likes him, but he's not responding to messages anymore. For the contest, JAMS still needs a recipe, and Davide steps in to lend a hand.

There was an unexpected twist in the second-course challenge and the results disappointed some of the contestants. Remaining would be the dessert competition, to determine which group would go to the finals. At home, Joy encounters Ettore.

Terre d'acqua means water-lands. We are talking about the once marshy area which has now become the fertile Po valley. Gualtiero Marchesi is considered to be the founder of the new Italian cuisine, and is perhaps the best known Italian chef in the world. He begins telling us his story.

World famous chef, Gualtiero Marchesi talks about his career, his search for a total cuisine, an authentic cuisine.

Our famous chef talks about the town where he spent much of his childhood, San Zenone al Po, where two rivers meet, and where flooding has always been part of life.

Gualtiero Marchesi recalls his childhood, living along the banks of the River Po. His memories are as diverse as milking cows and seeing German bombers taking out bridges.