A frazzled Richard conducts a nerve-racking menu-tasting for his picky partners and critiques construction of The Spence. Fabio meets a beverage maker in hopes of striking it rich with his own martini drink line before an overbooked charity dinner leaves his high-profile diners asking, "Where's the duck?"Spike and Jen wrap up their road trip with a lesson in oyster farming. Then, it's back to D.C., where Spike scouts his new bistro location and serves up a tasting only to have his parents derail his every decision. Meanwhile, Jen decides to launch a pop-up restaurant to woo investors and get her career back on track.

Fabio and Jacopo try to make a splash in the beverage business with a VIP tasting of their new martini line. Richard's perfectionism rears its hypercritical head when he challenges his chefs with a demanding mock service.   Spike goes on the warpath when he discovers the new Good Stuff griddles are incorrectly installed and his mother is to blame. Overbooked and understaffed, Jen struggles to impress investors with the launch of her pop-up restaurant. But with an ambitious six-course menu and unfamiliar kitchen, did the "Concrete Blonde" bite off more than she could chew?