Only one week into season two of Bravo's Top Chef and things are already getting a lot more interesting, primarily because we are getting to know the players a little bit better. The honeymoon seemed to wear off quickly, as at the start of the show everyone agreed that they really felt like they were in a competition now that someone had been asked to pack their knives and go.

This week, things started off as usual with a quickfire challenge, though this one required a 4:30 am wakeup call. All the chefs headed off to the Los Angeles fish market where they were given $100 to pick out fish for sushi. Once they returned to the kitchen, they were given 30 minutes to prepare a dish for the guest judge, Chef Hiroshi Shima, an expert in the field.

The main problem was not time or money, but the fact that a lot of the competitors had only minimal experience working with sushi. This is in contrast to the chefs from last season, who seemed to take every possibly opportunity to use toro or other raw fish. Mia, for example, not only did not like sushi, but was actually ill during the competition. Luckily for her, the only benefit to winning the quickfire is immunity, and her unappetizing rolls neither helped nor hurt her. The top sushi dishes were prepared by Otto, Elia, Ilan and Clif, but it was Clif's dish of Hama Hama Oysters with Ginger, Soy, Mango and Jalapeno that won him immunity.

Wasting no time, the contestants were immediately divided up into two teams for the elimination challenge. Each team would prepare either Vietnamese or Korean food to be served at a charity benefit to 1,000 guests, and each would need to prepare one hot dish and one cold dish.

Team Vietnam was well organized and was led by Josie, who had previously worked for a Vietnamese chef. They were helped by the fact that two members of their team were caterers and used to serving large crowds. Their dishes included Braised Pork Pho with Carrot Vermicelli, Summer Rolls with Pickled WaterMelon and a Cucumber Refresher Drink, with the drink added in because they were so organized they had extra time and budget.

Team Korea, on the other hand, was wildly disorganized. All the male team members got drunk on sangria before they could plan a menu, so they were barely together the next day at the market, where in the confusion, the team accidentally ended up with an extra box of lychees. The lychees later proved to be a huge problem, when Marissa accused Otto of stealing them and he, claiming it was an honest mistake that they left with more than they paid for after buying so much, had to go to the store to return them. Their menu included Spicy Braised Pork with Kim Chee, Sticky Rice and Lotus Chips and a Jasmine Tea Pannacotta with Tapioca and Candied Taro Root, which Marissa, the pastry chef, really wanted on the menu.

When all the food was served, Ming Tsai, the guest judge for this challenge came around to sample the food, as did the other judges and Padma. They loved Vietnam's cucumber drink, but found the pork to be overcooked and dry. Korea's pork, on the other hand, was perfect and everyone was impressed that they made a decent kim chee in basically one day. The pannacotta was as hard as a hockey puck, however, and not even any of Marissa's team members liked it.

In the judging room, Vietnam was pronounced the winner for teamwork and presentation, though their food was just "ok." Betty, who made the Cucumber drink and spearheaded theire presentation, was declared the individual winner and was given a limited edition Kyocera Sashimi knife, one of only 100 in the world, from Ming Tsai.

After much finger pointing from Team Korea, Otto said that he felt responsible for the difficulty the team had in working cohesively and apologized for his lapse in judgment on the lychee issue. He voluntarily resigned from the show, and probably saved Marissa from elimination, since her failure at making the dessert was the sole reason that team Korea did not win the challenge.

Did you miss the season premier, check out our recap or just tune in to Bravo on Wednesdays before the new episode airs, since they'll run the previous episodes again leading up to it.