Joy finally realizes where Stefano might be and goes looking for him. She finds out what went wrong.

When Joy shuts herself in her room, her mother joins her to talk. At that moment, Max calls to warn Joy that Stefano has run away, and the girl rushes to the park to meet the others and figure out what to do.

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.

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.